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Underbred

adjective

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace. Synonyms: bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, yokelish.

Of inferior or mixed breed.

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... regretfully, why she drawled in that way and could not speak naturally. She did so evidently feeling there was a charm in the exaggerated, honeyed modulation of the syllables. It was, of course, only a bad, underbred habit that showed bad education and a false idea of good manners. And yet this intonation and manner of speaking impressed Alyosha as almost incredibly incongruous with the childishly simple and happy expression of her face, the soft, babyish joy in her eyes. Katerina Ivanovna at once made ...

— The Brothers Karamazov • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Words linked to "Underbred" : ill-bred, unrefined, yokelish, bounderish, rude, lowbred, crossbred