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impolite /ɪmpəˈlʌɪt /adjectiveNot 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 /ɪmpəˈlʌɪtli / 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 /ɪmpəˈlʌɪtnəs / 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 affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write |