well-bred

Speech parts

1. well-bred - Adjective

2. well-bred - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

well bred

Synonyms

well-mannered prim patrician gallant thoroughbred soave noble civil finished diplomatic accomplished smooth sophisticated cultivated refined
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Antonyms

brut barbarian naughty mean cold wild
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Examples

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture. Cicero

A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. William Cowper

Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; And as well-bred as if we were not married at all. William Congreve

Reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. William Cowper

The well-bred hound, if he does not hunt to-day will hunt to-morrow. Spanish Proverb

The well-bred child chastizes itself. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

well-born well-bound well-branched well-breeched well-child clinic well-chosen