Impoliteness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmpəlˈaɪtnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmpəlˈaɪtnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmpəlˈaɪtnəs/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪmpəlˈaɪtnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

politeness

Word Forms

impolite

adjective

not polite

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unhöflichkeit

eine unhöfliche Art, die den akzeptierten gesellschaftlichen Brauch ignoriert

🇫🇷French

impolitesse

une manière discourtoise qui ignore les usages sociaux acceptés

🇪🇸Spanish

descortesía

una manera descortés que ignora el uso social aceptado

🇮🇹Italian

scortesia

un modo scortese che ignora l'uso sociale accettato

🇳🇱Dutch

onbeleefdheid

een onbeleefde manier die het geaccepteerde sociale gebruik negeert

🇵🇹Portuguese

indelicadeza

uma maneira descortês que ignora o uso social aceito

🇷🇺Russian

невежливость

невежливая манера, игнорирующая общепринятые социальные обычаи

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अभद्रता

एक असभ्य तरीका जो स्वीकृत सामाजिक उपयोग की उपेक्षा करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

অসভ্যতা

গৃহীত সামাজিক ব্যবহার উপেক্ষা করে একটি অভদ্র পদ্ধতি

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒழுக்கமின்மை

ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட சமூக பயன்பாட்டைப் புறக்கணிக்கும் ஒழுக்கமற்ற முறை

🇮🇳Telugu

అసభ్యత

ఆమోదించబడిన సామాజిక వినియోగాన్ని విస్మరించే మర్యాదపూర్వకమైన పద్ధతి

🇮🇳Marathi

असभ्यता

स्वीकारलेल्या सामाजिक वापराकडे दुर्लक्ष करणारी एक अशिष्ट रीतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસભ્યતા

સ્વીકૃત સામાજિક ઉપયોગની અવગણના કરતી અવિચારી રીત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಭ್ಯತೆ

ಅಂಗೀಕೃತ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಬಳಕೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ಅವಿವೇಕದ ವಿಧಾನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മര്യാദകേട്

അംഗീകൃത സാമൂഹിക ഉപയോഗത്തെ അവഗണിക്കുന്ന മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത രീതി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਈਮਾਨੀ

ਇੱਕ ਬੇਇੱਜ਼ਤੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਰੀਕਾ ਜੋ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਉਪਯੋਗ ਨੂੰ ਨਜ਼ਰਅੰਦਾਜ਼ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے ادبی

ایک غیر اخلاقی انداز جو قبول شدہ سماجی استعمال کو نظر انداز کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

失礼

一种无礼的方式，忽视了公认的社会用法

🇯🇵Japanese

失礼

社会的に受け入れられている慣用を無視した失礼な態度

🇰🇷Korean

무례함

사회적 통념을 무시하는 무례한 태도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bất lịch sự

một cách bất lịch sự mà bỏ qua việc sử dụng xã hội được chấp nhận

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่สุภาพ

ลักษณะที่ไม่สุภาพและละเลยการใช้สังคมที่เป็นที่ยอมรับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidaksopanan

cara tidak sopan yang mengabaikan penggunaan sosial yang diterima

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalang-galang

isang walang galang na paraan na binabalewala ang tinatanggap na paggamit sa lipunan

🇲🇾Malay

kurang sopan

cara tidak sopan yang mengabaikan penggunaan sosial yang diterima

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قلة الأدب

بطريقة فظة تتجاهل الاستخدام الاجتماعي المقبول

🇮🇷Persian

بی ادبی

روشی بی ادبانه که استفاده اجتماعی پذیرفته شده را نادیده می گیرد

🇹🇷Turkish

kabalık

kabul edilen sosyal kullanımı göz ardı eden nezaketsiz bir tavır

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוֹסֶר נִימוּס

אופן לא מנומס שמתעלם משימוש חברתי מקובל

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