impolite
/ɪmpəˈlʌɪt
/adjective
Not having or showing good manners; rude: it would have been impolite to refuse...
- I knew it was rude and impolite but I was too distressed to be thinking of manners.
- The manager, in a very impolite manner, told them to leave the bar and never come back.
- I believe that you were impolite and disrespectful to your host.
Synonyms
rude, bad-mannered, ill-mannered, unmannerly, discourteous, uncivil, disrespectful, inconsiderate, boorish, churlish, ill-bred, ungentlemanly, unladylike, ungracious, ungallant;
insolent, impudent, impertinent, cheeky, pert, audacious, brassy, offensive, insulting, derogatory;
loutish, rough, crude, unrefined, indelicate, indecorous, brash, vulgar
informal ignorant, fresh, lippy
archaic malapert, contumelious
rare underbred, mannerless
Derivatives
impolitely
/ adverb ...- Unhappy at her placing, she returned to the stage and gestured impolitely at the judges, thus receiving a two-year suspension.
- ‘You have a strange name,’ I informed him impolitely.
- He ignored her, turning his head away impolitely.
impoliteness
/ noun ...- He doesn't mean any of us impoliteness, but he needs a bit longer to warm to us.
- I smiled to myself, and then realized my impoliteness.
- However, Amy's ‘please forgive me’ face stopped Catherine and made her regret her impoliteness.
Origin
Early 17th century (in the sense 'unpolished'): from Latin impolitus, from in- 'not' + politus (see polite).
Rhymes
- homemaking
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- home name
- homeness
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- homeobox
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- Home Office
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- homeomorphic
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- home on the pig's back
- homeopath
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- homeopathist
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- homeosis