impolite

/ˌˈɪmpəˌlaɪt/

/ɪmpəˈlaɪt/

Other forms: impolitest

If you're impolite, you have terrible manners: you're rude. Small children whose parents teach them not to be impolite learn early to say "please" and "thank you."

Acting disrespectful or ungracious is impolite, like when your impolite sister helps herself to the birthday cake you just made for your dad, or pushes in front of other people in line for a movie. The opposite of impolite is polite, which comes from the Latin word politus, figuratively meaning "refined or elegant," and literally, "polished." When you add the im-, you get the sense of "not" or "the opposite of."

Definitions of impolite

1. adjective

   not polite
   synonyms:

   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

   antonyms:

   polite

   showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

   mannerly, well-mannered

   socially correct in behavior

   courteous, gracious, nice

   exhibiting courtesy and politeness