What does onbeschaafd in Dutch mean?

What is the meaning of the word onbeschaafd in Dutch? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use onbeschaafd in Dutch.

The word onbeschaafd in Dutch means barbaars, onbeschaafd, brutaal, onbeschaafd, onbeschoft, onbeschaafd, boers, onhoffelijk, onbevallig, barbaars, onbeschaafd, proletarisch, plebejisch, onfatsoenlijk, onbeschaafd, niet elegant, onbeleefd, onbeschaafd, barbaars, ordinair, ruw, grof, boers, onbeschaafd, onbeschaafd, acultureel, onbeschaafd, primitief, onbeschaafd, barbaars, barbaars maken. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word onbeschaafd

barbaars

(savage, uncivilized)

The treatment of inmates in this prison is barbaric.

onbeschaafd

(savage, primitive)

The story is about some explorers who are attacked by an uncivilized tribe living deep in the jungle.

brutaal, onbeschaafd

(cheeky, insolent)

The impertinent child was in trouble for disrespecting his parents.

onbeschoft, onbeschaafd

(coarse, uncouth)

You seem loutish when you burp at the dinner table.

boers

(coarsely rural) (pejoratief)

The couple moved to a rustic cabin in the woods.

onhoffelijk, onbevallig

(lacking in courtesy)

Rodney was ungracious in defeat when he lost the tennis match, and refused to congratulate his opponent.

barbaars, onbeschaafd

(savage, uncivilized)

proletarisch, plebejisch

(UK, informal, pejorative (common, working-class) (pejoratief)

onfatsoenlijk, onbeschaafd

(not courteous or chivalrous)

niet elegant

(not graceful or demure)

onbeleefd

(speech: uncivil)

Impolite remarks have no place in a job interview.

onbeschaafd, barbaars

(pejorative (uncivilized, barbaric)

ordinair

(person, behaviour: coarse)

Why must you mix with such vulgar types, Tarquin?

ruw, grof

(person: disagreeable)

He can be abrasive when he doesn't get his way.

boers, onbeschaafd

(US, pejorative, slang (rural and unsophisticated)

Katherine was dismayed when she found out she would have to move to the country, thinking that it would be to a hick town.

onbeschaafd

(uncultured)

Aunt Gladys complains about uncivilized people who don't appreciate art galleries and museums.

acultureel

(uncultured)

My art cannot be appreciated by the philistine masses.

onbeschaafd

(not sophisticated)

Charles was an unrefined man with a vulgar sense of humour.

primitief, onbeschaafd

(in an unsophisticated way)

The archaeologists unearthed some rudely fashioned stone tools.

barbaars

(figurative, pejorative (savage, uncivilized)

barbaars maken

(make sth less civilized)

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