English Explanatory Dictionary

uncivilized

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not having developed a civilization.
  2. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
  3. Lacking good manners.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of uncivilize

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-uncivilized.wav

Word forms

uncivilized more uncivilized most uncivilized uncivilised

Etymology

From un- + civilized.

Synonyms

barbaric pagan uncultivated animalistic barbarian barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathen heathenish heathenly heathenous incivil savage tenebrose truculent uncivil uncivilized uncouth uncultured uplandish wolfish bumptious ill-bred rude aweless improper bad-mannered bold crude churlish impudent discourteous gauche ill-mannered impolite insolent lack-grace mismannered rantipole rough uncourteous underbred unmannerly unpolished unpolite unrefined

Derived words

uncivilizedly uncivilizedness
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