Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uncivilized \Un*civ"i*lized\, a.
Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.
Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.]
--Addison.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured. 2 Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture. 3 Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
WordNet
adj. without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, wild]
Usage examples of "uncivilized".
The fading years of the Affluence was the decade when civilized men sought uncivilized women using barbarian methods.
Most beautiful women have almond-shaped eyes, but hers were round, and that and the pouting lip gave her some kind of almost uncivilized look, even though she was so slender, angular, high toned.
What is not generally known to the public is that ventriloquism is common among uncivilized tribes of modern times, the African Zulus being experts, as are the Eskimos.
PROCEEDING now to give an account of the fancies and opinions in regard to a future life which have been prevalent, in different ages, in various nations of the earth, it will be best to begin by presenting, in a rapid series, some sketches of the conceits of those uncivilized tribes who did not so far as our knowledge reaches possess a doctrine sufficiently distinctive and full, or important enough in its historical relations, to warrant a detailed treatment in separate chapters.
Such monstrously uncivilized behavior deserved nothing but the most hardfisted military response.
He collided with the firewood hovel, a hitching rack, and a water trough, and cursed in dark conclusion that mountain villages were an uncivilized place to suffer the virulent effects of brewed hops.
The distinguishing characteristic of the Marquesan islanders, and that which at once strikes you, is the European cast of their features--a peculiarity seldom observable among other uncivilized people.
Excellency, but tomorrow when the memsahib Lady Lamb comes to dine, it is very, very important that she not think us uncivilized.
Chouans remain in history as a memorable example of the danger of uprousing the uncivilized masses of the nation.
Many other ships have been through that region without coming to barm, and they report that it's completely uncivilized.
Many other ships have been through that region without coming to barm, and they report that it's completely uncivilized.
This is the Cathayan formula for going native in some wild and uncivilized part of the world.
But at the age of three, after many kicks and bufferings, he suddenly developed into a marvelous hunting dog, a raider like his master, a rough-and-tumble, uncivilized beast who seemed made for the Chesapeake.
The philosopher Croce traces this uncivilized strain to an event in Roman times, the victory of Arminius in therm Teutoburg Forest, which cut off the Germans from the meliorating influence of Roman law and manners.
It prevented, for example, a punitive military expedition from going past a time fault in Georgia, past which a scalping party of Indians from an uncivilized America had retreated.