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im·po·lite
 impolite
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- pronunciation:
- Im
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laIt
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
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If someone is impolite, they have bad manners or they are rude. They don't know or don't care how they should act toward other people. There are many different ways of being impolite, and people don't always agree about what is impolite or not. For example, many people think it is impolite if people talk loudly during a movie at a movie theater. Other people might think it's okay.
My dad says my sister interrupts too much. He says it's impolite to interrupt people all the time when they're trying to say something.My grandmother says it's impolite to take a cookie without asking first, so now I always ask her.My mom thinks my friend Joe is impolite because he puts his feet up on the furniture when he comes over.- synonyms:
- rude
- antonyms:
- polite
- similar words:
- bold, disrespectful
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| related words: |
abrupt, thoughtless |
| derivations: |
impolitely (adv.), impoliteness (n.) |
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