► rudespeaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is likely to offend or annoy people: He’s one of the rudest people I’ve ever met. I don’t mean to be rude, but I have to get going.
► impolite formal not polite: Chewing with your mouth open is impolite.
► insulting saying or doing something that insults someone: He made some very insulting comments about her intelligence.
► tactless carelessly saying or doing things that are likely to upset someone: It was tactless to ask her if she’d gained weight.
► offensive likely to upset or offend people: His remarks are offensive to African Americans.
► obnoxious behaving very badly and very rudely toward other people: One drunk and obnoxious customer was making rude comments about the waitresses.
► disrespectful not showing respect for someone or something, when you should: The players should not be disrespectful to the coach.
► insolent formal deliberately rude, especially to someone in authority: Instead of answering the question, she gave him an insolent stare.
► impertinent/impudent formal impolite and not respectful, especially to someone who is older or more important: It was impudent of her to try to tell the teacher how to teach.