Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uncivil"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Uncivil \Un*civ"il\, a.
1. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.

Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a
civil state together. --Burke.

2. Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude;
unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]


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