All polite antonyms
poΒ·lite
P p adj polite
- disgusting β causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- blunt β If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
- contemptuous β If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- gruff β low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
- merciless β without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- demoniac β of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- liverish β resembling liver, especially in color.
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- ill-disposed β unfriendly, unsympathetic, or having a negative attitude, as toward another person or an idea.
- ferine β feral1 .
- crumby β full of or littered with crumbs
- fresh β newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- grody β repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.
- curmudgeonly β If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- hot off the press β newspaper: freshly printed
- in a nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- brutal β A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.
- ill-mannered β having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- bright-eyed β eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- crusty β Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.
- gravelly β of, like, or abounding in gravel.
- inartistic β lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
- lippy β having large or prominent lips.
- chapped β If your skin is chapped, it is dry, cracked, and sore.
- down-at-heel β of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- curt β If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
- barbarian β In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- brambly β having or resembling brambles.
- curtate β shortened
- barbarous β If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- imprecise β not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- inurbane β not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- iron-fisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- hot-headed β hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- cross-grained β (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- in the ballpark β a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
adjective polite
- disobliging β Deliberately unhelpful; uncooperative.
- disgracious β Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- decurtate β Shortened, curtailed.
- inaffable β Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
- coldblooded β having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- insulting β giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.
- nodular β of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- humble β not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- nonliterate β preliterate.
- acroamatic β relating to oral communication
- coldhearted β lacking sympathy; unfeeling