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Impolite vs Underbred - What's the difference?

impolite | underbred | Synonyms |

Impolite is a synonym of underbred.


As adjectives the difference between impolite and underbred

is that impolite is not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners while underbred is (chiefly|horses) of inferior breeding.

impolite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

    • Synonyms

    * discourteous, uncivil, rude * See also

    Derived terms

    * impolitely * impoliteness

    underbred

    English

    Alternative forms

    * under-bred

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, horses) of inferior breeding
  • * {{quote-book, 1902, title=Cross country with horse and hound, author=Frank Sherman Peer
    • , passage=I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.}}
  • lacking in manners or finesse
  • * {{quote-book, 1923, title=
    • , passage=Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.}}

    Synonyms

    * (manners) uncouth, rude, impolite

    Antonyms

    * (breeding) thoroughbred