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IMPOLITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impolite mean? 

IMPOLITE (adjective)
  The adjective IMPOLITE has 1 sense:

1. not politeplay

  Familiarity information: IMPOLITE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPOLITE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not polite

Similar:

brattish; bratty ((used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly)

bad-mannered; ill-mannered; rude; unmannered; unmannerly (socially incorrect in behavior)

discourteous; ungracious (lacking social graces)

unparliamentary (so rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for parliament)

Attribute:

niceness; politeness (a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage)

Antonym:

polite (showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.)

Derivation:

impoliteness (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)


 Context examples 


There is no man who can be impolite in so polished a fashion.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was as much as Emma could bear, without being impolite.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It was monstrous impolite of him, but some people cannot lose with grace.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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