Impolite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, 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. -- {Im`po*lite"ly}, adv. --
     {Im`po*lite"ness}, n.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impolite
       adj : not polite [ant: {polite}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "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