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Recent Examples of ill-mannered By Saturday, Abrams got word of the ill-mannered petition and spoke out on behalf of Jar. Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2025 Long-form coverage of the group tends to focus not on the group’s achievements or even on the actual logic of its messaging but on Newkirk herself, and specifically on the seeming disconnect between her well-mannered persona and her ideas, which drive PETA’s often ill-mannered protests. Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024 Blame ill-mannered charger hogs who don’t respect EV etiquette. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024 The film presents the France of the Revolution and the Empire as an unfortunate episode of a country in the hands of a people of bloodthirsty and ill-mannered scoundrels. Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 King can be spoiled, delusional and ill-mannered, but his parents can also have made a misstep by attempting to publicly embarrass their son. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-mannered
Adjective
  • In interviews, Candy, who struggled with his weight for much of his life, had to deal with the press making rude comments about his size.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This question becomes thornier once Dorotea visits Rocca in prison, finding her rude and abrasive though not irrational.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Seattle might not be a Super Bowl contender, but ranking the Seahawks 20th — three spots behind the last-place Arizona Cardinals, mind you — definitely feels pretty disrespectful.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rachel then called him disrespectful.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2014, he was found to have been discourteous and used force.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The main point is to avoid being discourteous of the people behind us by letting the door close in their respective faces.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Ill-mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-mannered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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