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Meaning of UNCIVIL

Pronunciation:  un'sivul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
 
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 Synonyms: rude
 
 Antonyms: civil, polite
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*civ"il\, a.
1. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
         Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a
         civil state together.                 --Burke.
2. Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude;
   unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.
 
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