impolite
Lacking social graces
Impolite describes behavior or speech that fails to show proper respect or consideration for others.
It covers a range from minor social missteps to deliberate rudeness: It's impolite to check your phone during dinner.
Unlike rude, which suggests active offense, impolite often implies a failure to observe expected courtesies rather than intentional discourtesy.
The word carries a somewhat formal tone and appears frequently in discussions of etiquette and social norms.
Crude or indecent
- coarseRough in texture
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
- indelicateLacking refinement or tact
- uncouthLacking good manners
boorish · loutish · churlish · oafish · rough · unrefined · barbaric · uncivilized
Lacking good manners
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- ill-manneredLacking polite conduct
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
- insolentBoldly rude and disrespectful
insulting · offensive · snide · sarcastic · mocking · taunting · jeering · sneering
Insensitive in manner
- undiplomaticLacking tact or finesse
- brusqueAbrupt and dismissive
- curtAbruptly rude in speech
- abruptSharp and unexpected
frank · candid · forthright · direct · plain-spoken · bluff · pointed · outspoken
Showing open contempt
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
arrogant · patronizing · snobbish · superior · aloof · demeaning · degrading · humiliating
Socially awkward, unrefined
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- inelegantLacking grace or refinement
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
unpolished · unsophisticated · bumbling · ham-fisted · rustic · provincial · unschooled · green
vulgar
Crude or indecent
- coarseRough in texture
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
- indelicateLacking refinement or tact
uncouth · boorish · loutish · churlish · oafish · rough · unrefined · barbaric · uncivilized · ill-bred
discourteous
Lacking good manners
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- ill-manneredLacking polite conduct
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
insolent · insulting · offensive · snide · sarcastic · mocking · taunting · jeering · sneering · belittling
tactless
Insensitive in manner
- undiplomaticLacking tact or finesse
- brusqueAbrupt and dismissive
- curtAbruptly rude in speech
abrupt · frank · candid · forthright · direct · plain-spoken · bluff · pointed · outspoken · unvarnished
scornful
Showing open contempt
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
supercilious · arrogant · patronizing · snobbish · superior · aloof · demeaning · degrading · humiliating · withering
gauche
Socially awkward, unrefined
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- inelegantLacking grace or refinement
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
maladroit · unpolished · unsophisticated · bumbling · ham-fisted · rustic · provincial · unschooled · green · callow
- dismissive behaviorssnub, scorn, ignore, disdain, dismissal
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, rudeness, disrespect, disrespectful
- IM- wordsimmature, immobile, immune, immerse, immoral
- unacceptableunacceptable, inappropriate, improper, wrong, forbidden
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, uncouth