impoliteness
Lack of courtesy
Impoliteness is rude or discourteous behavior—a failure to observe social norms of respect and consideration.
The word covers everything from minor breaches like interrupting to more serious offenses like public insults: His impoliteness at dinner embarrassed everyone.
Unlike rudeness, which can suggest deliberate hostility, impoliteness often implies mere thoughtlessness or poor manners.
Rude or impolite behavior
- discourtesyRude or impolite behavior
- disrespectLack of regard
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
boorishness · uncouthness · churlishness · surliness · crassness · coarseness · vulgarity · inconsideration
Rudely brief speech
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
- abruptnessSudden, unexpected manner
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
- indelicacyWant of propriety
crudeness · directness · sharpness · terseness · gruffness · shortness · snappishness · matter-of-fact
Defying workplace authority
- disrespectLack of regard
- irreverenceDisregard for what's honored
- impudenceShameless boldness toward superiors
- backtalkInsolent verbal response
sass · talking back · rebelliousness · contumacy · disobedience · flouting · challenging · insolence
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
scoffing · belittlement · disparagement · condescension · haughtiness · superciliousness · snobbishness · dismissiveness
Offensive remark or action
- slurInsulting group label
- affrontDeliberate public insult
- slightMinor or thin
- put-downDisparaging remark
snub · barb · jibe · dig · cutting remark · aspersion · personal attack · verbal abuse
incivility
Rude or impolite behavior
- discourtesyRude or impolite behavior
- disrespectLack of regard
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
impertinence · boorishness · uncouthness · churlishness · surliness · crassness · coarseness · vulgarity · inconsideration · insensitivity
curtness
Rudely brief speech
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
- abruptnessSudden, unexpected manner
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
indelicacy · crudeness · directness · sharpness · terseness · gruffness · shortness · snappishness · matter-of-fact · unvarnished
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- disrespectLack of regard
- irreverenceDisregard for what's honored
- impudenceShameless boldness toward superiors
backtalk · sass · talking back · rebelliousness · contumacy · disobedience · flouting · challenging · insolence · answering back
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
sneering · scoffing · belittlement · disparagement · condescension · haughtiness · superciliousness · snobbishness · dismissiveness · jeering
insult
Offensive remark or action
put-down · snub · barb · jibe · dig · cutting remark · aspersion · personal attack · verbal abuse · name-calling
- bad mannersrudeness, discourtesy, incivility, disrespect, bad form
- offendinginsulting, offending, disrespecting, affronting, slighting
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, rudeness, disrespect, disrespectful
- social blundersgaffe, faux pas, misstep, blooper, flub
- social frictioninsults, barbs, slights, jibes, snubs
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
impolitenesspoliteness
Courteous, respectful conduct
courtesy · civility · respect · considerateness · consideration
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Courteous, respectful conduct
courtesy · civility · gentility · genteelness · politesse
polite, policy, impolite, politely, politeness, political, politician, politic, polity