What are the opposite words for good breeding?

Good breeding refers to the quality of being well-mannered, courteous, and polite. Antonyms for good breeding would denote the opposite qualities of rudeness, discourtesy, and impoliteness. Someone who lacks good breeding may be described as uncivil, uncouth, or boorish. They may be impolite, disrespectful, or impudent. They may also be ill-mannered, unrefined, or coarse. Good breeding is often associated with good social skills, education, and class, whereas the antonyms suggest a lack of these qualities. In general, those without good breeding can be considered to lack social graces and may struggle in social situations.

What are the antonyms for Good breeding?

• n.

  • correctness
  • fault
  ,
  • flaw
  ,
  • imperfection
  ,
  • impreciseness
  ,
  • impropriety
  ,
  • inaccuracy
  ,
  • incorrectness
  ,
  • indecency
  ,
  • inexactness
  ,
  • infidelity
  ,
  • rudeness
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  • unacceptableness
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  • unseemliness
  ,
  • unsuitability
  ,
  • unsuitableness
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  • wrong
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  • courtesy
  • Unmannerliness
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  • aloofness
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  • bad manners
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  • coldness
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  • coolness
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  • crudeness
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  • discourtesy
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  • disdain
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  • disfavor
  ,
  • disregard
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  • disrespect
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  • fear
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  • ignorance
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  • impoliteness
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  • meanness
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  • neglect
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  • pompousness
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  • roughness
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  • thoughtlessness
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  • unfriendliness
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  • gentility
  • coarseness
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  • rusticity
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  • politesse
  • dishonor
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  • incompatibility
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  • indifference
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  • refinement
  • corruption
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  • dirtying
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  • inelegance
  ,
  • pollution
  ,
  • tactlessness
  .

Famous quotes with Good breeding

• The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

  Joseph Addison
• People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

  Van Wyck Brooks
• If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust.

  Lord Chesterfield
• Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes
• Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

  Fanny Kemble

Synonyms:

parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parrot, parrot, parakeet, paraquet, paroquet.