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Recent Examples of ungentlemanly
However, much of Keaton’s dialogue comes at such a fast clip, his ungentlemanly implications may go over young audience members’ heads.
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Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
None too pleased to see the guys fighting in such an ungentlemanly manner outside his shop, the all-too-proper proprietor, Christof (Warburton), appears at the door wearing a tweed vest, bowtie and old-timey flat cap.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 July 2024
Who knows, maybe Ritchie will rewrite history to his liking if there’s another installment of ungentlemanly warfare.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024
The ungentlemanly agreement results in Albie getting grifted by Lucia, whose pimp dramatics were an obvious ruse from jump.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2022
President Xi Jinping is conducting his disputes with the U.S. in an ungentlemanly manner.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 16 Aug. 2019
Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
None too pleased to see the guys fighting in such an ungentlemanly manner outside his shop, the all-too-proper proprietor, Christof (Warburton), appears at the door wearing a tweed vest, bowtie and old-timey flat cap.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 July 2024
Who knows, maybe Ritchie will rewrite history to his liking if there’s another installment of ungentlemanly warfare.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024
The ungentlemanly agreement results in Albie getting grifted by Lucia, whose pimp dramatics were an obvious ruse from jump.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2022
President Xi Jinping is conducting his disputes with the U.S. in an ungentlemanly manner.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 16 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungentlemanly
Adjective
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The Brits are wonderful people, and those accents can cover a wide array of boorish behaviors.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Dec. 2025
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Kimmel, like Stephen Colbert, went from acting as boorish right-wing caricatures to playing themselves — that is, liberals who dislike Trump and support vaccines.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This was like loutish English tourists turning up unannounced and urinating in the holy water.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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And Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51, was the show’s tempestuous soul, playing a loutish killer with a quick temper and sad eyes.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An evening revue of wild, uncouth performance art by local artists, emphasizing work that is often discouraged elsewhere.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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The series offers Whitford his latest opportunity to express general bemusement with the American political process, this time sporting a bushy white beard, and Whigham his latest opportunity to be an uncouth bull in an otherwise genteel china shop.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Assuming this is something beyond Trumpian posturing, and that’s unclear, any such decision would not only be churlish and cruel but poorly targeted.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kay hasn’t acted since before Marty was born, and Marty never breaks character — they were made for a churlish May-December affair that unlocks something in them both.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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All the forces and clownish figures of the moment, from Howard Stern to Al Sharpton, weighed in.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Pratt, who long cultivated a clownish and villainous persona, leveraged his significant social media presence following the fire to refashion himself as an earnest mix of citizen watchdog and populist firebrand.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Although the Ripken card launched many conspiracy theories as to whether the inclusion of its vulgar phrase was truly a mistake or a Fleer marketing ploy, there is a long history of errors making it through quality control in sports card production.—
Tyler Holzhammer,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The joke swap during last year's Christmas episode went to some particularly jaw-dropping places after Che made Jost read a vulgar joke about Johansson.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Zamiri aims to send up the crass monetization of a cultural boom, turning up the film’s absurdity knob to highlight the very real ways in which record labels and other corporate interests attach themselves vampirically to artistic success.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Season 4 does introduce the three new Americans via Tender — an online payment system used for gambling and pornography sites, which becomes the focal point of Season 4 — with Penn’s Jonah bringing a crass brand of American humor to the season premiere.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The brand has come to signify rugged, often uncultured New York grit, its actual working-class relevance and celebration in seminal rap lyrics feeding internet snarkers’ stereotypes of city dwellers.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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Just the opposite: The slipup shows how culture pervades even my uncultured moments.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Ungentlemanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungentlemanly. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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