Meanings
comparative impoliter · comparative more impolite · superlative impolitest · superlative most impolite
- Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot polite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimpolītus
- Englishimpolite
Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- + polite.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic وَقِح
- وَقِح (waqiḥ)not polite
Bulgarian неучтив
- неучтив (neučtiv)not polite
Catalan groller, descortès
- grollernot polite
- descortèsnot polite
Chinese Mandarin 不禮貌 /不礼貌
- 不禮貌 /不礼貌 (bù lǐmào)not polite
Czech nezdvořilý
- nezdvořilýnot polite
Estonian ebaviisakas, kohatu
- ebaviisakasnot polite
- kohatunot polite
Finnish epäkohtelias
- epäkohteliasnot polite
French impoli, malpoli
- impolinot polite
- malpolinot polite
German unhöflich
- unhöflichnot polite
Greek αγενής
- αγενής (agenís)not polite
Hungarian udvariatlan
- udvariatlannot polite
Icelandic ókurteis
- ókurteisnot polite
Irish drochbhéasach
- drochbhéasachnot polite
Italian scortese, maleducato
- scortesenot polite
- maleducatonot polite
- rudenot polite
Japanese 失礼な, 無礼な
- 失礼な (shitsurei na)not polite
- 無礼な (burei na)not polite
Māori āhuaatua, pakirara
- āhuaatuanot polite
- pakiraranot polite
Norwegian uhøflig
- uhøflignot polite
Persian بیادب
- بیادب (bi-adab)not polite
Polish nieuprzejmy, grubiański
- nieuprzejmynot polite
- grubiańskinot polite
- chamskinot polite
Portuguese indelicado, impolido
- indelicadonot polite
- impolidonot polite
Russian неве́жливый
- неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj)not polite
Swedish oartig
- oartignot polite
Ukrainian нече́мний, неґре́чний
- нече́мний (nečémnyj)not polite
- неґре́чний (negréčnyj)not polite
- невві́чливий (nevvíčlyvyj)not polite
- гру́бий (hrúbyj)not polite
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with impolite
Cite this entry
impolite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impolite
“impolite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impolite. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impolite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impolite.
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