Discourtesy
[dɪs'kɜːtəsɪ] or [dɪs'kɝtəsi]
Definition
(noun.) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.
(noun.) a manner that is rude and insulting.
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Definition
(n.) Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Incivility, impoliteness, rudeness, inurbanity, ill-breeding.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COURTESY]
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Examples
- And he begged me so earnestly to return to the salon, that, without discourtesy, I could not but comply. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These are our grounds for expelling poetry; but lest she should charge us with discourtesy, let us also make an apology to her. Plato. The Republic.
- He said that his wife accused him of marked discourtesy, but that, after the call of his neighbor, he had felt restless until I got away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But my steward has expounded to you the cause of my seeming discourtesy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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