ungenteel
adjective
un·gen·teel ˌən-jen-ˈtēl 
: not genteel : lacking in courtesy or refinement : inelegant
The young ladies arrived: their appearance was by no means ungenteel or unfashionable.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen ungenteelly adverb
… asks you to "pick up after your pet"—without being ungenteelly specific about what is to be picked up. Theo Dombrowski
Theo Dombrowski 
Word History
First Known Use
1633, in the meaning defined above
ungenteel
adjective
1
as in nonaristocratic
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nonaristocratic
- ignoble
- humble
- common
- plebeian
- lowly
- inferior
- mean
- illegitimate
- bastard
- ordinary
- lower-class
- knavish
- low
- baseborn
- plain
- junior
- degraded
- subordinate
- abased
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- great
- noble
- genteel
- aristocratic
- gentle
- highbred
- superior
- grand
- high
- patrician
- lofty
- silk-stocking
- highborn
- blue-blooded
- wellborn
- upper-crust
- upper-class
- exalted
- elevated
- ennobled
2
as in improper
Synonyms & Similar Words
- improper
- inappropriate
- unacceptable
- unsatisfactory
- indecent
- unseemly
- informal
- intolerable
- casual
- unbecoming
- shabby
- incorrect
- forbidden
- indecorous
- grungy
- indelicate
- prohibited
- banned
- tacky
- outlawed
- barred
- proscribed
- disallowed
- awkward
- seedy
- ungraceful
- gauche
- interdicted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- proper
- correct
- decent
- nice
- genteel
- respectable
- acceptable
- polite
- adequate
- satisfactory
- befitting
- tolerable
- decorous
- formal
- de rigueur
- seemly
- dress
- dressy
3
as in uncivilized
Synonyms & Similar Words
- uncivilized
- barbarous
- barbaric
- unpolished
- uncultured
- ignorant
- uneducated
- illiterate
- unrefined
- unintelligent
- philistine
- lowbrow
- rustic
- unsophisticated
- provincial
- polyester
- coarse
- rustical
- unlettered
- ill-bred
- backwoods
- ill-mannered
- clownish
- boorish
- inelegant
- uncouth
- churlish
- crude
- cloddish
- vulgar
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- polished
- civilized
- genteel
- cultured
- refined
- accomplished
- cultivated
- intellectual
- cerebral
- intellectualistic
- couth
- highbrowed
- highbrow
- intellectualist
- bourgeois
- high-toned
- middlebrow