Meanings
nounimpoliteness (countable and uncountable, plural impolitenesses)
plural impolitenesses
- countableuncountableThe state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.
- countableuncountableAn impolite remark or action.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
Opposite
Broader
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 無禮 /无礼
- 無禮 /无礼 (wúlǐ)state of being impolite
Finnish epäkohteliaisuus
- epäkohteliaisuusstate of being impolite
French impolitesse
- impolitessestate of being impolite
German Unhöflichkeit
- Unhöflichkeitstate of being impolite
Greek αγένεια
- αγένεια (agéneia)state of being impolite
Hindi अशिष्टता, असभ्यता
- अशिष्टता (aśiṣṭatā)state of being impolite
- असभ्यता (asabhyatā)state of being impolite
Hungarian udvariatlanság
- udvariatlanságstate of being impolite
Italian scortesia, maleducazione
- scortesiastate of being impolite
- maleducazionestate of being impolite
Polish niegrzeczność, nieuprzejmość
- niegrzecznośćstate of being impolite
- nieuprzejmośćstate of being impolite
Portuguese impolidez
- impolidezstate of being impolite
Romanian impolitețe
- impolitețestate of being impolite
Russian неве́жливость
- неве́жливость (nevéžlivostʹ)state of being impolite
Ukrainian невві́чливість, нече́мність
- невві́чливість (nevvíčlyvistʹ)state of being impolite
- нече́мність (nečémnistʹ)state of being impolite
- неґре́чність (negréčnistʹ)state of being impolite
Vietnamese sự bất lịch sự
- sự bất lịch sựstate of being impolite
Cite this entry
APA
impoliteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoliteness
MLA
“impoliteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoliteness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impoliteness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoliteness.
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