ill-mannered

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ill-man·nered

(ĭl′măn′ərd)

adj.

Lacking or indicating a lack of good manners; rude.

ill′-man′nered·ly adv.

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ill-mannered

adj

having bad manners; rude; impolite

ˌill-ˈmanneredly adv

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ill′-man′nered

adj.

having bad or poor manners; impolite.

[1375–1425]

ill′-man′nered•ly, adv.

ill′-man′nered•ness, n.

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Adj.

ill-mannered - socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly

impolite - not polite

ill-mannered

adjective rude, impolite, discourteous, coarse, churlish, boorish, insolent, uncouth, loutish, uncivil, ill-bred, badly behaved, ill-behaved, unmannerly She would have considered it ill-mannered to show surprise.
civil, polite, courteous, mannerly, polished, refined, cultivated, well-mannered

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ill-mannered

adjective

Lacking good manners:

discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, impolite, rude, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished.

Translations

ill-mannered

[ˈɪlˈmænəd] ADJ → mal educado, sin educación

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ill-mannered

[ˌɪlˈmænəd] adj → maleducato/a, sgarbato/a

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ill-mannered

a. descortés.

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The Grasshopper jumped only half as high; but he leaped into the King's face, who said that was ill-mannered.

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"That ill-mannered boor, the Jed of Gathol," she replied.

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and Madame Danglars will think me a very ill-mannered person.

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I am ready to ask pardon, if I have been ill-mannered. I am a poor student, sick and shattered (shattered was the word he used) by poverty.

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The incharge of the drivers' licence office should look into this and take disciplinary action against ill-mannered police officials under his command.