The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […].
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Underbred
Synonyms for "underbred" (12 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (6)
Adjective(6 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesbehavioral qualitybreeding statusgenetic qualitysocial attribute
More specific
4 entriesill bred personinadequately bred stockinsufficiently bred linepoorly brought up child
Collocations
6 entriesunderbred aristocracyunderbred behaviorunderbred childunderbred mannersunderbred temperamentunderbred upbringing
Inflections
2 entriesmore underbredmost underbred
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.
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I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.
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