Meaning of IMPOLITE
| Pronunciation: | | `impu'lIt
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[adj] not polite |
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IMPOLITE is a 8 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | brattish, bratty, discourteous, ill-mannered, rude, ungracious, unmannered, unmannerly, unparliamentary |
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| | Antonyms: | | polite | | | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, boorish, brutal, brutish, churlish, coarse, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, Gothic, ill-bred, ill-mannered, inaffable, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, Neanderthal, 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 |
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