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im·po·lite
 impolite
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- pronunciation:
- Im
p
laIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
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.) |
The word impolite
contains the following parts:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
immaculate, immature, immediate, immortal, immune, impartial, impatient, imperfect, impersonal, impolite, impossible, improper, improvise, impudent, impure
-ite1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means in a state or condition (produced by the action denoted by the verb base)
More about this word part:
The suffix -ite1 attaches to Latin roots, as most English adjectives ending in -ite1 are loanwords from Latin, specifically from past participles of verbs formed with the suffix -itus.
Example words:
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