impoliteness

Related to impoliteness: ruder

im·po·lite

(ĭm′pə-līt′)

adj.

Not polite; discourteous.

[Latin impolītus, unpolished, inelegant : in-, not; see in-¹ + polītus, past participle of polīre, to polish; see polish.]

im′po·lite′ly adv.

im′po·lite′ness n.

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Noun

impoliteness - a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage

rudeness, discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insulting

bad manners, ill-breeding - impoliteness resulting from ignorance

gaucheness, crudeness, crudity - an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"

niceness, politeness - a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage

Translations

قلَّة أدب، عَدم تَهذيب

nezdvořilost

uhøflighed

Unhöflichkeit

impolitesse

ókurteisi

maleducazione scortesia

kabalık

不礼貌

impoliteness

[ˌɪmpəˈlaɪtnɪs] N [of person] → falta f de educación; [of remark] → descortesía f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

impoliteness

n → Unhöflichkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

impoliteness

[ˌɪmpəˈlaɪtnɪs] n (of person, remark) → maleducazione

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

impolite

(impəˈlait) adjective

not polite; rude. You must not be impolite to the teacher.

ˌimpoˈlitely adverb

ˌimpoˈliteness noun

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But Pierre now committed a reverse act of impoliteness. First he had left a lady before she had finished speaking to him, and now he continued to speak to another who wished to get away.

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And these people, whose interests were so warmly looked after, in order not to fail in respect for their king quitted shops, stalls, and ateliers to go and evince a little gratitude to Louis XIV., absolutely like invited guests, who feared to commit an impoliteness in not repairing to the house of him who had invited them.

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They sat in silence, and with tireless patience watched our every motion with that vile, uncomplaining impoliteness which is so truly Indian, and which makes a white man so nervous and uncomfortable and savage that he wants to exterminate the whole tribe.

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Towards an anatomy of impoliteness. Journal of Pragmatics, 25(3), 349-367.

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With all due respect, you are calling to say "Ya'tek Al Afyeh," [May God bless you with health] and flirt with a man...what is with the rudeness and impoliteness of some people?...

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