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impolite adjective [ ɪmpəˈlʌɪt ]

• not having or showing good manners; rude.
• "it would have been impolite to refuse"
Similar: 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, ignorant, fresh, lippy, malapert, contumelious, underbred, mannerless,
Opposite: polite,
Origin: early 17th century (in the sense ‘unpolished’): from Latin impolitus, from in- ‘not’ + politus (see polite).


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