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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impolite \Im'po*lite"\, adjective [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See {Polite}.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- {Im'po*lite"ly}, adverb -- {Im'po*lite"ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impolite
adjective: not polite [ant: {polite}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "impolite": Gothic, Neanderthal, animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, boorish, brutal, brutish, churlish, coarse, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, inaffable, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, noncivilized, outlandish, pert, primitive, rough-and-ready, rude, saucy, savage, troglodytic, unaccommodating, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncomplaisant, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungallant, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unkempt, unladylike, unlicked, unpolished, unpolite, unrefined, untamed, vulgar, wild
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