impolite

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: im=po=lite

CIDE DICTIONARY

impolite, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.].

 Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

impolite, adj. (impolitest) ill-mannered, uncivil, rude.

Derivative

impolitely adv. impoliteness n.

Etymology

L impolitus (as IN-(1), POLITE)

THESAURUS

impolite

Gothic, Neanderthal, animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, boorish, brutal, brutish, churlish, coarse, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, inaffable, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, noncivilized, outlandish, pert, primitive, rough-and-ready, rude, saucy, savage, troglodytic, unaccommodating, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncomplaisant, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungallant, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unkempt, unladylike, unlicked, unpolished, unpolite, unrefined, untamed, vulgar, wild

ROGET THESAURUS

impolite

Discourtesy

N discourtesy, ill breeding, ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners, insuavity, uncourteousness rusticity, inurbanity, illiberality, incivility displacency, disrespect, procacity, impudence: barbarism, barbarity, misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_e, brusquerie, vulgarity, churlishness, spinosity, perversity, moroseness, sternness, austerity, moodishness, captiousness, cynicism, tartness, acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity, scowl, black looks, frown, short answer, rebuff, hard words, contumely, unparliamentary language, personality, bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast, unlicked cub, frump, crosspatch, saucebox, crooked stick, grizzly, discourteous, uncourteous, uncourtly, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned, unbred, unmannerly, unmannered, impolite, unpolite, unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel, ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly, unladylike, blackguard, vulgar, dedecorous, foul- mouthed foul-spoken, abusive, uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious, cool, pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious, repulsive, uncomplaisant, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant, inaffable, ungentle, ungainly, rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff, churlish, boorish, bearish, brutal, brusque, stern, harsh, austere, cavalier, taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious, snarling, surly, surly as a bear, perverse, grim, sullen, peevish, untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic, artless, discourteously, with discourtesy, with a bad grace.