Vocabulary
慇懃無礼
いんぎんぶれい
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
na-adjective
noun
Example sentences
最近(さいきん)の銀行員(ぎんこういん)の態度(たいど)はなんと慇懃無礼(いんぎんぶれい)なことか。何様(なにさま)だと思(おも)ってるんだ。
These bank employees seem so politely insolent lately. I wonder what's behind it.
あいつの慇懃無礼(いんぎんぶれい)なものの言い方(いいかた)、思い出(おもいだ)すだけで不愉快(ふゆかい)になるよ。
I find just the memory of his overly polite patronizing manner really offensive.