refinement+of+manners
111propriety — I (appropriateness) noun accordance, adaptation, admissibility, advisability, agreeableness, applicability, aptitude, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, conformity, congruity, consonance, correspondence, dueness, equity, expedience, expediency …
112insensitivity — Synonyms and related words: Philistinism, analgesia, anesthesia, armor, bad manners, caddishness, callosity, callousness, callus, casualness, coarseness, coldbloodedness, coldheartedness, coldness, crudeness, crudity of intellect, deadness,… …
113vulgarity — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, bad manners, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, baseness, bombasticness, cacology, cacophony, caddishness, clumsiness, coarseness, crudeness, cumbrousness, deficiency, discourteousness, discourtesy,… …
114rude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. barbarous, crude, primitive, rough, rustic; harsh, rugged; coarse, uncouth; discourteous, uncivil, insolent. See vulgarity, courtesy, inelegance, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Boorish]… …
115breeding — noun 1) the birds pair for breeding Syn: reproduction, procreation; mating 2) the breeding of laboratory rats Syn: rearing, raising, nurturing 3) her aristocratic breeding Syn …
116courtesy — n 1. mannerliness, politeness, politesse, civility, good manners, good behavior, courteousness; respect, respectfulness, deference; decorousness, prop erness, formality, formalness, ceremony, ceremonialism; correctness, tact, diplomacy;… …
117savoir-faire — n sophistication, worldliness, savoir vivre, Sl. savvy; culture, cultivation, refinement, polish; finesse, adaptability, skill, adroitness, ability; grace, style, poise; graciousness, mannerliness, manners, good manners, breeding, comity,… …
118couth — [[t]kuθ[/t]] Facetious. 1) cvb sts showing or having good manners or sophistication; smooth 2) cvb good manners; refinement: to be lacking in couth[/ex] • Etymology: 1895–1900; back formation from uncouth …
119courtesy — [n1] good manners address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor …
120propriety — [n1] suitableness, appropriateness accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correctness, correspondence, decorum, ethicality, expedience, fitness,… …
