Genteel and Philistine

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Genteel adjective - Having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living.

Usage example: she grew up in genteel old Savannah

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Philistine is an antonym for genteel.

Nearby Word: genteelly

Philistine adjective - Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.

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Genteel is an antonym for philistine.

Nearby Word: philistinism

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