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The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- In some cultures, it is considered to be bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: good manners
impoliteness resulting from ignorance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ill-breeding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impoliteness
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
неучти́вост
(neučtívost)
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Bulgarian:
невъзпи́таност
(nevǎzpítanost)
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Catalan:
mala educació
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Czech:
špatné chování
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Estonian:
halvad kombed
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Finnish:
huonoa käytöstä
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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French:
mauvaises manières
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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German:
schlechte Manieren
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Hungarian:
neveletlenség
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Hungarian:
modortalanság
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Irish:
drochmhúineadh
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Irish:
drochbhéasa
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Irish:
dímhúineadh
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Italian:
maleducazione
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Italian:
scorrettezza
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Italian:
sgarbataggine
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Italian:
sgarbatezza
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Italian:
villania
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Manx:
neuchooyrtoilid
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Polish:
złe maniery
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Portuguese:
falta de educação
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Portuguese:
má educação
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Portuguese:
maus modos
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Romanian:
lipsă de maniere
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Russian:
моветон
(moveton)
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Scottish Gaelic:
mì-mhodh
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Slovak:
nevychovanosť
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Spanish:
falta de educación
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Spanish:
malos modales
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Swedish:
oskick
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Turkish:
edepsizlik
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Turkish:
terbiyesizlik
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way
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Ukrainian:
неви́хованість
(nevýxovanistʹ)
— treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way