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
- give someone their cards
- give someone their due
- give someone their head
- give someone the needle
- give someone the pip
- give someone the shits
- give someone the shudders
- give someone the slip
- give someone the time of day
- give someone the works
- give someone/thing a bad name
- give someone/thing a (good) run for their money
- give someone/thing a wide berth
- give someone/thing best
- give someone/thing the nod
- give someone to understand (or believe or know)
- give someone up
- give someone up for lost
- give someone what for
- give something a miss
- give something away
- give something a whirl
- give something in
- give something out
- give something up