well-bred adjective2 •Of good breed. •Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education (and, originally and literally but usually not in current usage, because well-born in a eugenic sense).Ideally you should relax—though well-bred English people do no feel entirely at ease in a room full of naked strangers beating one another. — 1986 formsbetter-bred · more well-bred · best-bred · most well-bred