uncivil

[ uhn-siv-uhl ]

adjective

1. without good manners; unmannerly; rude; impolite; discourteous.

   Synonyms: boorish, uncouth, disrespectful

2. uncivilized.

uncivil

/ ˌʌnsɪˈvɪlɪtɪ; ʌnˈsɪvəl /

adjective

1. lacking civility or good manners
2. an obsolete word for uncivilized

Derived Forms

• unˈcivilly, adverb
• uncivility, noun

Other Words From

• un·ci·vil·i·ty [uhn-s, uh, -, vil, -i-tee], un·civil·ness noun
• un·civil·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncivil¹

First recorded in 1545–55; un- ¹ + civil

Example Sentences

Mainly, what I don’t fully fathom is why any American could vote for an uncivil creep like Donald Trump.

From Los Angeles Times

Now the Republican Party knows it is left with a complete, anti-American, uncivil lowlife who lies as he breathes and contaminates everything he touches.

From Salon

About 2 million California Republicans voted for a lying, uncivil, fraudulent con man.

From Los Angeles Times

But larger eruptions of hatred and mayhem in America’s increasingly divided, uncivil society are driven not by antisemitism or by today's Jews, nor by the riptides of global capital and technology and the desperate migrations and belligerent nationalisms that they accelerate.

From Salon

“We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal,” Mr. Biden said.

From Washington Times