Dutch English Dictionary

Nederlands, Vlaams - English

onbeleefd in English:

1. rude rude


You are rude.
I thought the little boy who was staring and pointing at the foreigner was very rude.
If you want to make friends with other students, you can't be rude.
Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?
It's only manners to tackle all out a game that they have gone all out in creating. Pressing the pause button is just rude!
We have no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
In the last few years he has developed the bad habit of being rude to his friends.
Jane is fat and rude, and smokes too much. However, Ken thinks she's lovely and charming. That's why they say love is blind.
It depends on the person, but using "sir" for women (a title of honour for men) is very rude.
speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is likely to offend or annoy people. (I didn't mean to be rude, but I had to leave early.)
rude shacks
Big cities often have a reputation for being rude, unfriendly places for tourists.
He's rude and unpleasant so nobody likes him
Some people think it’s rude not to wait for a woman to go through a door first.
In most societies, it's rude to refer to someone in the third person when he or she is standing right there.

English word "onbeleefd"(rude) occurs in sets:

Top 300 adjectives in Dutch 151-200
Persoonlijkheid adjectieven in het Engels
Personality adjectives in Dutch
A3 ENG H2 L5,6

2. impolite impolite


I think it is best not to be impolite.
It's impolite to stare at people.
It's very impolite of you to decline her invitation.
I wanted to ask Tom how much he paid for his new house, but Mary told me that would be impolite.
The new shop assistant was impolite to customers.
Tom apologized to Mary for his son's impolite remarks.
They consider it impolite to disagree with someone they don't know very well.
It is impolite to elbow one's way through the crowd.
He is so impolite that everyone hates him.
Otherwise, it is considered impolite to pass food with the left hand, because the left hand is used for bathing.
she was very impolite
It would be impolite to leave the party so early.
You can't leave without saying goodbye. It's impolite.
I thought he made a very impolite remark.
This functionary is impolite.

English word "onbeleefd"(impolite) occurs in sets:

27. Behaviour (4)