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Uncivil; rude. [Obs.] Shak.

The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson.

The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.

Uncivilly. [Obs.] Shak.

Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized. Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. Burton. His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley.

Uncivil; unpolished; rude. M. Arnold. -- In`ur*bane"ly, adv. -- In`ur*bane"ness, n.

Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison.

Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper. A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. Shak. A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds. Prior.

Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like. "Mine ancestors were rude." Chaucer. He was but rude in the profession of arms. Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Gray.

An uncivil, turbulent fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

Conduct in general; behavior. [Obs.] This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. Shak.

Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity E. D. Griffin.

The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.

Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.

The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.

A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.

Uncivilly; rudely. -- Un*man"ner*li*ness, n.

Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.] His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt. Marlowe.

Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.