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[ wel-bred ] / ˈwɛlˈbrɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR well-bred ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewell brought up; properly trained and educated: a well-bred boy. showing good breeding, as in behavior or manners. (of animals) of a desirable breed or pedigree. Origin of well-bredFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby well-bredwell-behaved, well-being, well-beloved, well-blessed, wellborn, well-bred, well-built, Wellbutrin, well-chosen, well-clothed, well-concealed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for well-bredBoth produce some wines good enough to challenge the well-bred conceits of wine makers in Burgundy and Bordeaux. Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST As a well-bred Mormon with ties to Utah, Huntsman has inevitably drawn comparisons to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Huntsman's Crazy 2012 Gambit|McKay Coppins|January 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST But he saw nothing surprising in that; her mother was a Barnheim of Baden, a well-bred woman. Introduction is a formality and a bore, and is never resorted to by your well-bred host, save in a casual way. The Young Duke|Benjamin Disraeli
It was a neat, well-bred slap at him as a man without initiative or courage. Blacksheep! Blacksheep!|Meredith Nicholson A well-bred child does not think it can teach its parents, or that it knows everything. The Crown of Wild Olive|John Ruskin This new friend of mine is a well-bred man, but he had never heard of Blcher. Saunterings in and about London|Max Schlesinger
British Dictionary definitions for well-bred
adjective (well bred when postpositive)Also: well-born of respected or noble lineage indicating good breedingwell-bred manners of good thoroughbred stocka well-bred spaniel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to well-bredwell-mannered, patrician, aristocratic, urbane, blue-blooded, civil, considerate, courteous, courtly, cultured, gallant, genteel, gentle, noble, polished, polite, refined, taught, trained, well-behaved |