Impoliteness

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]:

  impoliteness
       n : a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
           [ant: {politeness}]

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

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "impoliteness":
     bad manners, caddishness, coarseness, crudeness, discourteousness,
     discourtesy, gross behavior, grossness, ill breeding, ill manners,
     incivility, inconsiderateness, insensitivity, inurbanity,
     loutishness, mannerlessness, offensiveness, rudeness, tactlessness,
     uncourtliness, ungallantness, ungentlemanliness, ungraciousness,
     unmannerliness, unpoliteness, unsolicitousness, vulgarity