well-brought-up

See also: well brought up

English

Alternative forms

• well brought up

Adjective

well-brought-up (comparative better-brought-up or more well-brought-up, superlative best-brought-up or most well-brought-up)

1. Having been taught during childhood to exhibit good manners and pleasant behaviour.

   Synonyms: well-mannered, well-bred, well-raised, well-behaved, polite, civilized, polished, refined

   He strikes me as a very well-brought-up young man.

Translations

having good manners

• Catalan: ben educat (ca)
• Danish: velopdragen
• Dutch: welopgevoed (nl)
• French: bien élevé (fr), bien éduqué
• German: wohlerzogen (de)
• Hungarian: jól nevelt
• Italian: beneducado
• Latin: bene ēducātus
• Norwegian: veloppdragen
• Polish: dobrze wychowany (pl)
• Portuguese: bem-educado (pt), bem-criado (pt)
• Russian: воспи́танный (ru) (vospítannyj)
• Spanish: bien educado, bien criado
• Swedish: väluppfostrad (sv)
• Volapük: benodugälik (vo)