Discourteous
[dɪs'kɜːtjəs] or [dɪs'kɝtɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) showing no courtesy; rude; 'a distant and at times discourteous young' .
(adj.) lacking social graces .
Typist: Shirley--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Uncivil, impolite, uncourtly, uncomplaisant, ungentlemanly, disrespectful, inurbane, unmannerly, uncourteous, rude, ill-bred, ill-mannered.
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Definition
adj. wanting in good manners; uncivil: rude.—adv. Discourt′eously.—ns. Discourt′eousness Discourt′esy.
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Examples
- This was no sooner done than the figure arose, exclaiming in good French, Whosoever thou art, it is discourteous in you to disturb my thoughts. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nor has he anything more to say or do but to nod once in the same frigid and discourteous manner and to say briefly, You can go. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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