Underbred vs. Thoroughbred — What's the Difference?

Poorly brought up; ill-bred.

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed.

Of mixed breed; not thoroughbred.

A purebred or pedigreed animal, especially a horse.

Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.

Thoroughbred Any of a breed of horses, bred chiefly for racing, originating from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares.

(of animals) Not purebred; of an inferior strain.

A well-bred person.

Simple past tense and past participle of underbreed

Bred of pure stock; purebred.

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.

Thoroughbred Relating or belonging to horses of the Thoroughbred.

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

Thoroughly trained or educated; well-bred.

Of inferior or mixed breed;

Bred from pure stock.

Well-bred and properly educated.

Alternative case form of Thoroughbred

(loosely) Any purebred horse.

A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).

A well-bred person.

Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; - said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.

A well-bred person

A racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares

A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal