Meaning of DISCOURTEOUS
| Pronunciation: | | dis'kurteeus
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- [adj] showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"
- [adj] lacking social graces
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| | Synonyms: | | abrupt, brusk, brusque, caddish, curt, impolite, short(p), unceremonious, unchivalrous, ungallant, ungracious |
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| | Antonyms: | | courteous | | |
| | See Also: | | disrespectful | |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*cour"te*ous\ (?; see {Courteous}, 277), a.
[Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.]
Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners;
uncourteous. -- {Dis*cour"te*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Dis*cour"te*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abrupt, aweless, boorish, brusque, curt, derisive, disparaging, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inaffable, insolent, irreverent, misbehaved, ridiculing, rude, short, unaccommodating, uncivil, uncomplaisant, uncourteous, uncourtly, ungallant, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unladylike, unmannerly, unpolite |
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