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Synonyms of impertinent in English:

impertinent


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adjective

1‘she asked a lot of impertinent questions’

SYNONYMS
rude, insolent, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful
impudent, cheeky, audacious, bold, brazen, brash, shameless, presumptuous, forward, pert
tactless, undiplomatic, unsubtle, personal
informal brass-necked, fresh, flip
British informal saucy
North American informal sassy, nervy
archaic malapert, contumelious
rare mannerless
ANTONYMS

polite

2‘talk of ‘rhetoric’ is impertinent to this process’

SYNONYMS
irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, immaterial, unrelated, unconnected, not germane
beside the point, out of place, nothing to do with it, neither here nor there
ANTONYMS

relevant, pertinent