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   ill-bred
         adj 1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {ill-
                  bred}, {bounderish}, {lowbred}, {rude}, {underbred},
                  {yokelish}]

English Dictionary: illiberal by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-breeding
n
  1. impoliteness resulting from ignorance [syn: bad manners, ill-breeding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-formed
adj
  1. not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage
    Synonym(s): ungrammatical, ill-formed
    Antonym(s): grammatical, well-formed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ill-proportioned
adj
  1. lacking pleasing proportions
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illiberal
adj
  1. narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: illiberal, intolerant]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illiberality
n
  1. a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money [ant: liberality, liberalness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illiberally
adv
  1. in a narrow-minded manner; "his illiberally biased way of thinking"
    Synonym(s): intolerantly, illiberally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill \Ill\, a. [The regular comparative and superlative are
      wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from
      another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa,
      adv., Dan. ilde, adv.]
      1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed
            to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate;
            disagreeable; unfavorable.
  
                     Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat,
                     but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     There 's some ill planet reigns.         --Shak.
  
      2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong;
            iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
  
                     Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill
                     example.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of
            a fever.
  
                     I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. --Shak.
  
      4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect;
            rude; unpolished; inelegant.
  
                     That 's an ill phrase.                        --Shak.
  
      {Ill at ease}, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. [bd]I am very
            ill at ease.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ill blood}, enmity; resentment.
  
      {Ill breeding}, want of good breeding; rudeness.
  
      {Ill fame}, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a
            house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.
  
      {Ill humor}, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.
  
      {Ill nature}, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness;
            esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.
  
      {Ill temper}, anger; moroseness; crossness.
  
      {Ill turn}.
            (a) An unkind act.
            (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Ill will}, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.
  
      Syn: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ill-bred \Ill"-bred`\, a.
      Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See
      Note under {Ill}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberal \Il*lib"er*al\, a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not +
      liberalis liberal: cf. F. illib[82]ral.]
      1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean;
            sordid. [bd]A thrifty and illiberal hand.[b8] --Mason.
  
      2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like;
            ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
  
      3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in
            Latin. [R.] --Chesterfield.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberalism \Il*lib"er*al*ism\, n.
      Illiberality. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberality \Il*lib`er*al"i*ty\, n. [L. illiberalitas: cf. F.
      illib[82]ralit[82].]
      The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind;
      meanness; niggardliness. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberalize \Il*lib"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Illiberalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illiberalizing}.]
      To make illiberal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberalize \Il*lib"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Illiberalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illiberalizing}.]
      To make illiberal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberalize \Il*lib"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Illiberalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illiberalizing}.]
      To make illiberal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberally \Il*lib"er*al*ly\, adv.
      In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably;
      parsimoniously.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illiberalness \Il*lib"er*al*ness\, n.
      The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
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