Uncivil

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uncivil \Un*civ"il\, a.
     1. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
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              Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a
              civil state together.                 --Burke.


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     2. Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude;
        unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uncivil
       adj : lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but
             to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
             [syn: {rude}] [ant: {civil}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncivil":
     Gothic, Neanderthal, animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous,
     bestial, brutal, brutish, coarse, crass, crude, discourteous,
     disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite,
     inaffable, insolent, noncivilized, outlandish, primitive,
     rough-and-ready, rude, savage, troglodytic, unaccommodating,
     uncivilized, uncombed, uncomplaisant, uncourteous, uncourtly,
     uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungallant, ungracious, unkempt,
     unlicked, unpolished, unpolite, unrefined, untamed, wild