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Uncivilised

Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.

📖 Definitions of "Uncivilised"

adjective

1
Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
2
Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
3
Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.

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Word	Definition
crude	In a natural, untreated state.
vulgarnoun	Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
trashy	Like trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films.
rude	Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
dirty	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
tacky	(colloquial) Of low quality.
skanky	(slang) Resembling or characteristic of a skank (disreputable woman).
glorified	transformed into something more glorious than it actually is (often used sarcastically)
cheap	Low or reduced in price.
uncivilized	Lacking good manners.
barbaric	of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
barbarous	Uncivilized, uncultured.
civilised	Non-Oxford British English spelling of civilized.
savagenoun	(figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
uncouth	Unrefined, crude.
savagesnoun	a play by British writer Christopher Hampton.
primitive	Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
civilized	Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
uncultured	Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine
inhuman	Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

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