As adjectives the difference between genteel and ungenteel
is that genteel is affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite while ungenteel is not genteel; coarse and ill-mannered.
genteel
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
Polite and well-mannered.
Stylish or elegant.
Aristocratic
Derived terms
* genteelism
ungenteel
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Not genteel; coarse and ill-mannered.
Derived terms
* ungenteelly