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单词 impolite
释义
impolite
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌɪm.pəlˈaɪt/us
/ˌɪm.pəlˈaɪt/
B2
behavingin a way that is notsociallycorrectandshowsalackofunderstandingof andcarefor other people'sfeelings:
impolitelanguage/behaviour粗鲁的语言／行为
It is impolitetopointatpeople.用手指着人是不礼貌的。
It would be impolitetoleavein themiddleof the band's set.
Synonym
rude(NOT POLITE)
Opposites
civil
polite
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not polite
  • rudeHe made a rude remark about the staff.
  • impoliteShe asks direct questions without being in any way impolite.
  • cheekyUKYou asked your teacher how old she was? That was a bit cheeky!
  • disrespectfulThe class was very disrespectful towards the new teacher.
  • impertinentIt was clear that they found his questions impertinent.
  • insolentWhat an ungrateful, insolent child!
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More examples
  • It wasconsideredimpolite orrudetoaskhow muchpeopleearned.
  • Itriedtoreturnmine the nextdaybut myemployerpointedout that myhostwouldseethis as impolite.
  • It isbadformto makenoiseduringplay, andpeoplehushedothersfor being impolite.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rude and cheeky
  • cheekily
  • cheekiness
  • churlish
  • churlishly
  • churlishness
  • coarse
  • coarsely
  • discourteous
  • fruity
  • gall
  • impudent
  • incivility
  • offensively
  • offensiveness
  • potty mouth
  • potty-mouthed
  • presume
  • presumptuously
  • ripe
  • unrepeatable
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Related words

impolitely
impoliteness
(Definition ofimpolitefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
impolite
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌɪm.pəlˈaɪt/us
/ˌɪm.pəlˈaɪt/
B2
rude
不礼貌的，粗鲁的
impolitelanguage/behaviour粗鲁的语言／行为
It is impolitetopointatpeople.用手指着人是不礼貌的。

impolite| American Dictionary

impolite
adjective
us
/ˌɪm·pəˈlɑɪt/
rude; notpolite
(Definition ofimpolitefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpolite

impolite
It isimpoliteto ask for a second plate.
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Some worry that it is somehow undiplomatic orimpoliteto speak the language of right and wrong.
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It is considered rude orimpoliteto address people in positions of authority, or people who are older than onseself, by their actual names.
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This latter interpretation is rarely available in the literature on politeness, most of which automatically treats everything that is not polite asimpolite.
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While the first sentence may be deemedimpolite, the last, which is extra-polite, may seem to belong more appropriately to the sub-register of formal communication.
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By avoiding hi, women hope to avoid being perceived asimpolite, crass, and uneducated.
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They also felt that the word was neutral (32) rather thanimpolite(4).
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In the analyzed instructions, they seem to be one of the basic forms and by no meansimpolite.
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How do we keep your foreign language without beingimpoliteor inhospitable to the public, our host in the theatre?
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On the average, about a third of the respondents indicated that inspection officials were unfriendly orimpolite, introduced artificial complications, explicitly or implicitly asked for bribes, or were incompetent.
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If e-mail messages were brief because of a fairly low proficiency level on the part of a student, this might be misinterpreted pragmatically as beingimpoliteor a threat.
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Impolite, inconsiderate supervision may not be a major contributing factor to psychiatric disorders at least when relational justice is not extremely low.
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Some patients shared insights that people reacted poorly not out of maliciousness, but from their own discomfort and beliefs that they might be intrusive orimpolite.
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These are often but not invariablyimpolite.
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I will not be soimpoliteas one prominent journalist has been.
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