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=Pale.= Pallid, white, wan, colorless, dim, sallow.
ANT. _Ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, brilliant._
=Palliate.= Cover, conceal, extenuate, hide, veil, screen, cloak, gloss over, apologize for, mitigate.
ANT. _Alleviate; aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify._
=Palm.= Laurels, bays, prize, trophy, crown.
ANT. _Shame, blot, stigma, brand._
=Palpable.= Perceptible, obvious, plain, gross, material, corporeal, manifest, evident, patent, distinct.
ANT. _Immaterial, intangible, ethereal, impalpable, indistinct, dubious, imperceptible._
=Paltry.= Contemptible, worthless, mean, vile, pitiful, trifling.
ANT. _Valuable, estimable, admirable, worthy, grand, excellent, magnificent._
=Panegyric.= Eulogy, encomium, praise, laudation, commendation.
ANT. _Satire, sarcasm, tirade, stricture, invective, philippic._
=Pang.= Agony, anguish, distress, paroxysm, throe.
ANT. _Pleasure, delight, refreshment, enjoyment, gratification._
=Parable.= Fable, allegory, apologue, similitude.
ANT. _History, fact, narrative._
=Parade=, _n._ Ostentation, display, show, pomp, pageant, spectacle, procession.
ANT. _Modesty, humility, retirement, simplicity, plainness, seclusion, suppression._
=Paradise.= Bliss, heaven, Eden, ecstasy, Elysium.
ANT. _Purgatory, hell, torture, misery, torment._
=Paradox.= Contradiction, ambiguity, absurdity, enigma, mystery.
ANT. _Axiom, postulate, precept, truism, proposition._
=Parallel.= Correspondent, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant.
ANT. _Different, opposed, divergent, irrelative, incongruous._
=Paralyze.= Deaden, benumb, unnerve, destroy, impair, enfeeble, prostrate, debilitate.
ANT. _Nerve, strengthen, restore, invigorate._
=Paramount.= Supreme, preëminent, chief, superior, principal.
ANT. _Minor, inferior, secondary, subordinate._
=Parasite.= Flatterer, sycophant, courtier.
ANT. _Calumniator, traducer, detractor._
=Pardon=, _n._ Absolution, mercy, forgiveness, forbearance, remission, acquittal, indulgence.
ANT. _Penalty, punishment, vengeance, retribution, retaliation._
=Pardon=, _v._ Condone, forgive, absolve, excuse, overlook, remit, pass over or by, acquit.
ANT. _Convict, castigate, condemn, chastise, correct, punish, doom, sentence, scourge, visit upon, recompense, chasten._
=Pardonable.= Excusable, forgivable, venial.
ANT. _Inexcusable, unpardonable._
=Parentage.= Descent, extraction, lineage, birth, stock, pedigree.
=Parsimonious.= Avaricious, frugal, sparing, close, stingy, penurious, niggardly, illiberal.
ANT. _Liberal, profuse, unsparing, extravagant._
=Part=, _n._ Fraction, fragment, section, atom, segment, element, piece, portion, instalment, constituent, component, ingredient, member, particle, share, subdivision.
ANT. _Whole, mass, bulk, entirety, quantity, totality._
=Partake.= Share, participate.
ANT. _Yield, forfeit, forego, relinquish._
=Partial.= Biased, restricted, specific, limited, imperfect, incomplete, unfair, unjust, warped, interested, inequitable.
ANT. _Unrestricted, universal, general, equitable, just, unbiased, impartial._
=Particle.= Atom, corpuscle, iota, grain, jot, mite, molecule, element, whit, tittle, scrap, shred, scintilla.
ANT. _Mass, quantity, sum, entirety, sum total, whole, aggregate, total._
=Particular=, _n._ Detail, point, feature.
ANT. _Whole, subject, case._
=Particular=, _a._ Sole, single, individual, respective, appropriate, personal, singular, important, peculiar, especial, specific, precise, critical, circumstantial.
ANT. _Universal, general, comprehensive, indiscriminate, abstract, inaccurate, inexact, undiscriminating._
=Parting.= Separation, leave-taking, farewell, dividing, division, disruption, detachment.
ANT. _Union, attachment._
=Partisan.= Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple.
ANT. _Opponent, antagonist, adversary._
=Partition.= Division, distribution, separation, allotment, apportionment; compartment, interspace, barrier.
ANT. _Combination, inclusion, comprehension, collection, union._
=Partly.= In part, somewhat, partially, not wholly.
ANT. _Altogether, entirely, completely, to the full extent._
=Partner.= Associate, colleague, coadjutor, confederate, participator, partaker, comrade, mate, companion.
ANT. _Rival, competitor, opponent, adversary, alien._
=Partnership.= Company, firm, union, connection, society, interest, house, association, participation.
ANT. _Independence, disconnection, disjunction, disunion, dissociation._
=Pass.= Go, move, proceed, disappear, vanish, depart, take place, occur, elapse, spend, live, experience; transcend, exceed; send, transmit, deliver; utter, promise, pledge; finish.
ANT. _Hold up; abide, wait, halt, continue, endure._
=Passable.= Navigable, current, acceptable, tolerable, admissible, moderate, traversable, mediocre.
ANT. _Impassable, impenetrable, inadmissible, impervious; excellent._
=Passage.= Transit, conveyance, journey, way, road, path, hall, course, progress, process, vestibule, corridor.
=Passible.= Susceptible, sensitive, sensible, impressible.
ANT. _Impassible, insusceptible, unsensitive._
=Passion.= Feeling, emotion, susceptibility, sentiment, ardor, excitement, desire, anger, warmth, vehemence.
ANT. _Indifference, apathy, coldness, coolness, frigidity._
=Passive.= Quiescent, unopposing, enduring, submissive, patient, unresisting, inert, inactive, relaxed, negative.
ANT. _Resistant, positive, impatient, vehement, active, alert._
=Past.= Gone by, elapsed, ended, spent, departed, late, accomplished.
ANT. _Present; future._
=Pastime.= Entertainment, recreation, sport, play, amusement, diversion.
ANT. _Business, work, task, labor, occupation, study._
=Patent.= Open, expanded, evident, apparent, manifest, public.
ANT. _Ambiguous, questionable, dubious._
=Paternal.= Fatherly, tender, careful, hereditary.
ANT. _Careless, rough, harsh; acquired, conferred, won._
=Path.= Footway, track, pathway, route, course, road; method.
=Pathetic.= Affecting, emotional, moving, pitiful, tender, touching, melting, plaintive.
ANT. _Ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical, unaffecting._
=Pathless.= Untrodden, impenetrable, trackless.
ANT. _Trodden, frequented._
=Patience.= Composure, calmness, leniency, fortitude, sufferance, submission, endurance, forbearance, resignation, long-suffering.
ANT. _Anger, impatience, ire, passion, fury, frenzy, rage, temper, vexation, petulance, wrath, fretfulness, peevishness._
=Patient.= Resigned, passive, enduring, unrepining, calm, forbearing, long-suffering.
ANT. _Impatient, insubmissive, malcontent, vehement, resistant._
=Patrician.= Noble, aristocratic, high-born, well-born.
ANT. _Plebeian, churlish, ordinary, peasant._
=Patrimony.= Heritage, inheritance, estate.
=Pattern.= Archetype, exemplar, specimen, sample, design, mold.
ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, monstrosity, perversion._
=Paucity.= Scantiness, deficiency, fewness, lack, want, rarity.
ANT. _Fulness, number, frequency, abundance, quantity._
=Pause=, _n._ Stop, cessation, interruption, suspension, hesitation, suspense, doubt.
ANT. _Continuance, continuity, perseverance, progress, progression, advancement._
=Pause=, _v._ Stop, cease, intermit, wait, stay, tarry, demur, hesitate.
ANT. _Continue, proceed, persist, persevere, advance._
=Pay=, _n._ Earnings, stipend, salary, wages, allowance, retainer, remuneration, payment, compensation, hire, fee, requital, honorarium.
=Pay=, _v._ Recompense, requite, satisfy, compensate, discharge, remunerate, fulfil, expend, liquidate, disburse.
ANT. _Deprive, defraud, retain, exact, hoard, invest._
=Payment.= Pay, compensation, satisfaction, content, salary, reward, wages, recompense, requital, return.
=Peace.= Quiet, calm, repose, tranquillity, stillness, silence, harmony, amity, concord, reconciliation, order, pacification.
ANT. _Noise, disturbance, disorder, war, strife, discord, variance, tumult, agitation, hostility._
=Peaceable.= Peaceful, pacific, undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, mild, serene, still.
ANT. _Warlike, quarrelsome, hostile, savage, fierce, violent, restless._
=Peasant.= Countryman, rustic, swain, laborer, villager.
ANT. _Citizen, townsman._
=Peculiar.= Special, especial, individual, particular, appropriate, unusual, singular, strange, rare.
ANT. _General, universal, ordinary, public, common._
=Peculiarity.= Individuality, singularity, idiosyncrasy, distinctiveness, specialty, characteristic, particularity.
ANT. _Universality, generality, uniformity, homogeneity, community._
=Pedigree.= Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, birth, parentage.
ANT. _Ancestor, founder, origin; plebeianism; extinction._
=Peer.= Equal, match, mate, comrade, associate; nobleman.
ANT. _Superior; subordinate._
=Peerless.= Unmatched, matchless, unequaled, unique, superlative, paramount.
ANT. _Ordinary, mediocre, commonplace._
=Peevish.= Querulous, cross, testy, ill-tempered, captious, discontented, petulant, irritable, ill-natured, irascible.
ANT. _Good-natured, easy, genial, mild, complaisant, gentle._
=Penal.= Punitive, retributive, corrective.
ANT. _Preventive, reparatory; honorary, remunerary._
=Penalty.= Retribution, forfeiture, fine, punishment, amercement, mulct.
ANT. _Reward, wages, guerdon, prize, honorarium, remuneration, compensation._
=Pendent.= Pendulous, overhanging, hanging, suspended, depending.
ANT. _Supported, sustaining, propped._
=Penetrate.= Enter, pierce, comprehend, discern, understand, perforate, permeate, fathom.
ANT. _Glance off, be tangent to, find impermeable; misunderstand, mistake; float._
=Penetration.= Discernment, sagacity, acuteness, discrimination, sharpness, observation, insight.
ANT. _Obtuseness, shortsightedness; stupidity, shallowness, dulness._
=Penitence.= Repentance, contrition, remorse, sorrow, regret, compunction.
ANT. _Self-approval, gratulation; obduracy, hardheartedness._
=Penitent=, =Penitential=. Repentant, contrite, doing penance.
ANT. _Impenitent, obdurate, hardhearted._
=Pensive.= Thoughtful, sad, wistful, meditative, dreamy, sober; serious, mournful, melancholy, solemn, reflective.
ANT. _Joyous, glad, happy, gay, care-free, thoughtless, unreflecting._
=Penurious.= Covetous, parsimonious, stingy, avaricious, niggardly, sordid.
ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, generous, prodigal._
=Penury.= Want, privation, indigence, poverty, destitution, beggary, need.
ANT. _Wealth, abundance, affluence, luxury, competence._
=People.= Nation, race, population, state, tribe, community, commonwealth.
=Perceivable=, =Perceptible=. Discernible, distinguishable, cognizable, observable.
ANT. _Imperceptible, indistinguishable, insensible, inappreciable._
=Perceive.= Comprehend, apprehend, conceive, understand.
ANT. _Ignore, lose, miss, fail of, overlook, misconceive, misapprehend._
=Perception.= Discernment, apprehension, recognition, understanding, comprehension, feeling, sensation, sense.
ANT. _Conception, concept, imagination, idea, notion; misunderstanding._
=Percolate.= Filter, strain, exude, drain, ooze.
ANT. _Flow, rush, stream, run, disgorge._
=Percussion.= Shock, clash, collision, concussion, encounter.
ANT. _Recoil, rebound, reverberation._
=Perdition.= Loss, ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, demolition.
ANT. _Restoration, recovery, rescue, salvation._
=Peremptory.= Decisive, positive, absolute, final, authoritative, arbitrary, express, dogmatical, determined, resolute.
ANT. _Hortatory, mild, entreative, expostulatory, suggestive._
=Perennial.= Perpetual, unceasing, never failing, enduring, continual, constant, permanent, uninterrupted.
ANT. _Occasional, intermittent, periodic, uncertain; perishing, ephemeral, transient, fleeting._
=Perfect.= Finished, complete, entire, faultless, consummate, accurate, ideal, finished, absolute, completed, correct, immaculate, sinless, blameless, holy, undefiled, stainless, spotless, unblemished.
ANT. _Imperfect, bad, deficient, blemished, faulty, corrupt, poor, inferior, incomplete, perverted, worthless, spoiled, insufficient, meager, defective, short, scant, marred, defaced, corrupted, deformed, fallible, ruined._
=Perfection.= Excellence, completeness, faultlessness, maturity, wholeness, consummation, perfectness.
ANT. _Defect, imperfection, incompleteness, blemish._
=Perfectly.= Thoroughly, exquisitely, completely, faultlessly, entirely, fully, wholly, exactly, accurately.
ANT. _Imperfectly, faultily, partially, inaccurately._
=Perfidious.= False, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonest, untrustworthy.
ANT. _True, loyal, stanch, upright, faithful, honest, trustworthy._
=Perform.= Complete, accomplish, execute, do, discharge, fulfil; represent, act, play, enact, consummate, achieve.
ANT. _Spoil, injure, harm, ruin, mar; fail of, misconduct._
=Performance.= Completion, consummation, execution, accomplishment, achievement, work, production, act, action, deed, exploit, feat.
ANT. _Failure, defeat, omission, abortion, undoing, nonperformance._
=Perfume.= Odor, redolence, balminess, fragrance, smell, aroma, scent.
ANT. _Stench, stink, fume._
=Perfunctory.= Mechanical, careless, listless, indifferent.
ANT. _Animated, spirited, assiduous, careful, ardent, zealous, interested._
=Perhaps.= By chance, peradventure, perchance, maybe, haply, possibly.
ANT. _Certainly, inevitably._
=Peril.= Hazard, risk, jeopardy, danger, venture, insecurity, liability.
ANT. _Safety, assurance, certainty, security._
=Period.= Time, cycle, age, epoch, limit, end, conclusion; era, duration, date, term, continuance, termination, conclusion, bound.
ANT. _Eternity, infinity, perpetuity, endlessness, everlasting._
=Periodical.= Recurring, regular, stated, recurrent, systematic, calculable, serial.
ANT. _Indeterminate, eccentric, fitful, spasmodic, irregular._
=Permanent.= Enduring, abiding, changeless, constant, durable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, invariable, fixed, unchanging, stable, lasting, persistent, perpetual.
ANT. _Transient, brief, fleeting, evanescent, passing, transitory, momentary, temporary, ephemeral._
=Permission.= Authority, allowance, consent, liberty, leave, license, permit, authorization.
ANT. _Hindrance, opposition, objection, denial, prevention, prohibition, refusal, resistance._
=Pernicious.= Mischievous, baneful, destructive, noisome, deleterious, harmful, hurtful, poisonous, noxious, pestilential, unhealthful, unwholesome, detrimental, deadly, evil, foul, injurious, insalubrious, pestiferous, perverting, ruinous.
ANT. _Helpful, invigorating, salutary, advantageous, good, favorable, life-giving, rejuvenating, useful, serviceable, beneficent, wholesome, beneficial, healthful._
=Perpetual.= Continual, endless, unceasing, unfailing, incessant, constant, eternal, everlasting, perennial, permanent, enduring.
ANT. _Periodic, transient, recurrent, temporary, occasional, casual, momentary._
=Perplex.= Entangle, involve, complicate, embarrass, puzzle, bewilder, confuse, distract, annoy, confound, trouble, worry, disturb, pester, bother, mystify.
ANT. _Enlighten, clear, explicate, simplify, elucidate, illumine, unfold, explain, manifest, calm, quiet, control, please, instruct, solve, illustrate, make intelligible, account for._
=Perplexity.= Confusion, bewilderment, disturbance, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, astonishment, amazement.
ANT. _Composure, calmness; discernment, insight._
=Perseverance.= Persistency, tenacity, steadfastness, steadiness, constancy, pertinacity, indefatigableness, resolution.
ANT. _Fitfulness, caprice, instability, variableness, irregularity; indecision, vacillation, wavering, irresoluteness._
=Perspicacity.= Acuteness, keenness, discernment, penetration, perspicaciousness, insight, sagacity, astuteness, distinctness, explicitness.
ANT. _Dulness, stupefaction, obtuseness, hebetude, stolidity, inobservance, insensibility._
=Perspicuity.= Plainness, lucidity, clearness, explicitness, intelligibility, transparency, perspicuousness.
ANT. _Obscurity, turbidness, unintelligibility, incomprehensibility, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, mysticism, confusion._
=Persuade.= Dispose, allure, entice, urge, move, influence, prevail upon, coax, bring over, incline, convince, lead, induce, incite, win over, impel.
ANT. _Deter, discourage, restrain, hinder, repel, dissuade, hold back._
=Pertinent.= Apposite, relevant, suitable, appropriate, proper, fit, adapted.
ANT. _Unrelated, unsuitable, impertinent, incongruous, alien, unconnected, discordant, inharmonious._
=Pertness.= Impertinence, boldness, forwardness, sauciness, flippancy, impudence, briskness, liveliness, smartness, sprightliness.
ANT. _Diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness, bashfulness, demureness._
=Perverse.= Obstinate, contrary, fractious, froward, intractable, petulant, wilful, wayward, ungovernable, stubborn, factious, untoward.
ANT. _Compliant, genial, accommodating, governable, kind, obliging, complaisant, amenable._
=Petition=, _n._ Prayer, supplication, entreaty; solicitation, application, suit, appeal, address.
ANT. _Protest, claim, expostulation, demand, injunction, dictation, exaction, dissension, dissent._
=Philanthropy.= Love, good will, charity, benevolence, humanity, public-spiritedness.
ANT. _Misanthropy, ill will, selfishness._
=Philosopher.= Student, theorist, speculator, teacher, master, savant, schoolman, doctor; adept.
ANT. _Learner, pupil, beginner; ignoramus, dunce._
=Philosophical.= Rational, wise, temperate, calm, cool, reasonable, sound, collected, composed, sedate, tranquil, Platonic.
ANT. _Popular, crude, loose, inaccurate, illogical, irrational, unsound, unscientific, thoughtless, hotheaded, impulsive._
=Physical.= Material, natural, corporal, sensible, visible, tangible, bodily, corporeal.
ANT. _Mental, spiritual, immaterial, unsubstantial, hyperphysical, intangible, moral, unreal, intellectual, invisible._
=Picturesque.= Graphic, vivid, artistic, beautiful, scenic, pictorial, graceful, comely, seemly.
ANT. _Unseemly, ugly, inartistic, ungraceful, tame, flat, insipid._
=Piety.= Sanctity, godliness, holiness, religion, reverence, devotion, grace.
ANT. _Impiety, sacrilege, sinfulness, ungodliness, hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness._
=Piquant.= Tart, sharp, pungent, stimulating, biting, racy, stinging, cutting, severe.
ANT. _Flat, tame, dull, insipid._
=Pique.= Resentment, umbrage, irritation, displeasure, grudge, offense.
ANT. _Delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction, contentment, approval, complacency._
=Piteous.= Sorrowful, mournful, affecting, doleful, lamentable, woful, rueful, sad, pitiable, pitiful.
ANT. _Joyous, glad, merry, happy, cheerful, comfortable, desirable, pleasant, agreeable, delectable._
=Pitiful.= Lamentable, mournful, base, contemptible, piteous, pathetic, pitiable, touching, sorrowful, woful, wretched, despicable, moving, paltry.
ANT. _Exalted, glorious, helpful, great, grand, sublime, superior, beneficent, commanding, august, dignified, noble, lofty, mighty, superb._
=Pity.= Sympathy, mercy, tenderness, condolence, compassion, commiseration.
ANT. _Cruelty, severity, mercilessness, sternness, hardness, rigor, inhumanity, brutality, barbarity, harshness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, hardheartedness, ferocity, truculence._
=Placid.= Pleased, contented, unruffled, undisturbed, peaceful, serene, tranquil, quiet, gentle, collected, calm, composed, passionless.
ANT. _Discontent, disturbed, distressed, anxious, distracted, perplexed, distrait; vehement, wild, passionate, impulsive, agitated, ruffled, excited, impassioned._
=Plain.= Artless, undisguised, sincere, frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, unembellished, simple, downright, blunt, distinct, apparent, manifest, open, clear, evident, visible, obvious, unmistakable, conspicuous, level, flat, smooth; easy, natural, homely, ugly; simple, frugal.
ANT. _Unnatural, pretended, affected, assumed, feigned, artificial, insincere, vain, pretentious, conceited; ornate, ornamented, decorated, embellished; involved, obscure, hidden, invisible, inconspicuous, uneven, undulating, rugged, broken, ambiguous, abrupt, obstructed, uncertain, enigmatical, abstruse; beautiful, sophisticated, artful._
=Plant=, _v._ Seed, set, sow, seed down, set out.
ANT. _Eradicate, uproot, extirpate, weed out, root up._
=Plausible.= Specious, seeming, pretending, fair-spoken, passable, pretentious, ostensible, apparent; colorable, feasible.
ANT. _Genuine, transparent, true, sterling, veritable, unmistakable, authentic, sincere, unaffected._
=Plead.= Advocate, ask, beg, urge, argue, solicit, entreat, implore, press.
ANT. _Grant, bestow, answer._
=Pleasant.= Kindly, obliging, attractive, pleasing, pleasurable, agreeable, kind, good-natured.
ANT. _Disagreeable, gloomy, glum, harsh, hateful, repulsive, unpleasant, repellent, offensive, unkind, forbidding, dreary, arrogant, austere, grim, ill-natured, ill-humored, repelling._
=Pleasure.= Satisfaction, comfort, solace, joy, gladness, delight, will, choice, purpose, command, kindness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, self-indulgence, voluptuousness.
ANT. _Suffering, affliction, pain, sorrow, sadness, distress, misery, compulsion, force, coercion; mourning, depression, dejection, melancholy, misfortune, poverty, want._
=Plenitude.= Fulness, abundance, completeness, plenty, repletion, plethora; luxury, affluence, exuberance, wealth, richness, profusion, amplitude, enough, supply, sufficiency.
ANT. _Want, need, scarcity, scantiness, dearth, insufficiency, restriction, poverty, partiality, stint, reserve, narrowness, penury, impecuniosity._
=Plentiful.= Bountiful, generous, large, abundant, adequate, copious, enough, full, profuse, rich, sufficient, complete, exuberant, plenteous, replete, teeming, affluent, ample, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, abounding.
ANT. _Deficient, drained, impoverished, scanty, insufficient, small, sparing, stingy, straitened, poor, scant, exhausted, inadequate, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, scarce, short, scrimped._
=Plot.= Intrigue, conspiracy, cabal, contrivance, scheme, stratagem, project, combination, machination; story.
ANT. _Blunder, botch; misarrangement, miscontrivance._
=Poet.= Bard, author of poems, singer, rimester, rimer, versifier.
=Poetical.= Metrical, rhythmical, lyric, rimed, versified; imaginative, fictitious, creative.
ANT. _Prosaic, unpoetical, unrimed, unversified, unrhythmic; commonplace, matter-of-fact, unimaginative, realistic; mathematical, historical._
=Poetry.= Meter, rime, numbers, poesy, song, verse, poem, metrical composition.
ANT. _Prose, prosaic speech, prosaic writing._
=Poignant.= Pricking, piercing, sharp, pungent; pointed, keen, satirical.
ANT. _Blunt, dull, obtuse, insipid, pointless, vapid, inexpressive._
=Poisonous.= Venomous, baneful, corrupting, noxious, pestilential, malignant, virulent, pestiferous, deleterious, mephitic.
ANT. _Salubrious, wholesome, healthful, beneficial, sanative, genial, remedial, hygienic._
=Polite.= Courteous, civil, courtly, obliging, gracious, polished, accomplished, complaisant, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred.
ANT. _Awkward, clownish, unmannerly, uncouth, boorish, blunt, impertinent, brusk, bluff, impolite, insolent, coarse, ill-bred, ill-behaved, rude, rustic, impudent, ill-mannered, untutored, uncivil, untaught, discourteous, unpolished, insulting._
=Politeness.= Courtesy, civility, gentility, refinement, courtliness, elegance, urbanity, good breeding, decorum, complaisance, affability.
ANT. _Rudeness, arrogance, incivility, churlishness, ungraciousness, insolence, sauciness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption._
=Poor.= Needy, indigent, destitute; lean, emaciated; feeble, dejected; shabby, mean; unfavorable, uncomfortable; barren; sterile; inadequate, insignificant, insufficient; meek.