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uncivil

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un·civ·il  (n-svl)
adj.
1. Discourteous; rude: "The street was quiet; slamming the car door seemed an uncivil disturbance" (Anthony Hyde).
2. Archaic Uncivilized.

un·civil·ly adv.
un·civil·ness n.

uncivil [ʌnˈsɪvəl]
adj
1. lacking civility or good manners
2. an obsolete word for uncivilized
uncivility  [ˌʌnsɪˈvɪlɪtɪ], uncivilness n
uncivilly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uncivil - lacking civility or good mannersuncivil - lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
civil, polite - not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham

uncivil
Translations
uncivil [ˈʌnˈsɪvɪl] ADJdescortés
to be uncivil to sbser descortés con algn

uncivil
adjunhöflich

uncivil [ʌnˈsɪvəl] adjscortese, maleducato/a

uncivil
adj uncivil [anˈsivl]
rude He apologized for being uncivil to her. onbeskof غَيْر مُهَذَّب، فَظ، خَشِن неучтив neslušný uhøflig grob unhöflich αγενής maleducado, grosero ebaviisakas, jäme گستاخ epäkohtelias impoli (envers) לא מְנוּמָס अशिष्ट neuljudan barátságtalan ókurteis maleducato, scortese 無礼な 무례한 nemandagus rupjš; nepieklājīgs tdk sopan onbeleefd uhøflig, uoppdragen grubiański mal-educado nepoliticos грубый neslušný nevljuden nepristojan ohövlig, ociviliserad ซึ่งหยาบคาย kaba 無禮的 неввічливий, нечемний بے مروت bất lịch sự
adv unˈcivilly
onbeskof بصورَةٍ غَيْر مُهَذَّبَه، بصورَةٍ فَظَّه неучтиво neslušně uhøfligt grob unhöflich αγενώς groseramente, de manera maleducada ebaviisakalt گستاخانه epäkohteliaasti impoliment בְּאוֹפֶן לא תָּרבּוּתִי अशिष्टता neuljudno udvariatlanul ókurteisislega maleducatamente, scortesemente 無礼にも 무례하게 nemandagiai rupji; nepieklājīgi dgn cara yg tdk sopan onbeleefd uhøflig, udannet nieuprzejmie com educação nepoliticos грубо neslušne nevljudno nepristojno ohövligt, ociviliserat อย่างหยาบคาย kaba bir şekilde 無禮地 неввічливо, нечемно بے مروتي سے thô lỗ


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She attracted him more than he liked-- and Miss Bingley was uncivil to HER, and more teasing than usual to himself.
But he does not mean to be uncivil--he once explained--it is the things that upset him--he is easily upset by ugly things--he is not uncivil to PEOPLE.
) But she turned away immediately to Princess Marya Borissovna, and did not once glance at him till he got up to go; then she looked at him, but evidently only because it would be uncivil not to look at a man when he is saying good-bye.
 
 
 
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