单词 | impolite |
释义 | impolite (once / 7121 pages) adj If you're impolite, you have terrible manners: you're rude. Small children whose parents teach them not to be impolite learn early to say "please" and "thank you." Acting disrespectful or ungracious is impolite, like when your impolite sister helps herself to the birthday cake you just made for your dad, or pushes in front of other people in line for a movie. The opposite of impolite is polite, which comes from the Latin word politus, figuratively meaning "refined or elegant," and literally, "polished." When you add the im-, you get the sense of "not" or "the opposite of." WORD FAMILYimpolite: impolitely, impoliteness, impolitest+/polite: impolite, politely, politeness, politer, politest/politeness: politenesses USAGE EXAMPLESNot only are my responses incongruous, they are fundamentally impolite. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) Trucks burp black smoke like impolite drunks before lurching without warning into your lane. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) For instance, it’s impolite to call someone after 10 in the evening unless it’s an emergency. Wall Street Journal(Nov 21, 2016) adj not polite Syn|Ant brattish, bratty (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly bad-mannered, ill-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerlysocially incorrect in behavior discourteous, ungraciouslacking social graces unparliamentaryso rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for parliament polite showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. mannerly, well-manneredsocially correct in behavior courteous, gracious, niceexhibiting courtesy and politeness |
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