impolite

adj.
Not polite; discourteous.

[Latin impolītus, unpolished, inelegant : in-, not; see in-¹ + polītus, past participle of polīre, to polish; see polish.]

impolitely im'po·lite'ly adv.
impoliteness im'po·lite'ness n.

adjective

Lacking good manners: discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, rude, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished. See courtesy/discourtesy.

adj

Definition: having bad manners
Antonyms: courteous, mannerly, polite

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IN BRIEF: Rude.

Who on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own. — W.H. Auden (1907-1973), Anglo-American poet.

Common misspelling(s) of impolite

• inpolite

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uhøflig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbeleefd

Français (French)
adj. - impoli

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unhöflich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αγενής, ανάγωγος

Italiano (Italian)
scortese

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indelicado

Русский (Russian)
невежливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - descortés, mal educado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oartig, ohyfsad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无礼的, 粗鲁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無禮的, 粗魯的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무례한, 버릇없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無作法な, 失礼な, 無礼な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وقح, غير مؤدب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מנומס, גס‬

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