Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Discourteous; rude.
  • adjective Archaic Uncivilized.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not civil.
  • Not courteous; ill-mannered; rude; coarse: as, an uncivil answer; an uncivil fellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
  • adjective Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
  • adjective Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking civility or good manners

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word uncivil.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.