Definitions

discourteous

[dis-kur-tee-uhs] / dɪsˈkɜr ti əs /

ADJECTIVE

rude, impolite

Synonyms

WEAK

abrupt bad-mannered boorish brusque cavalier cheeky churlish contumelious crude crusty curt disrespectful flip fresh ill-bred ill-mannered impertinent inaffable indelicate insolent inurbane oafish offhand rustic sassy smart-alecky uncivil uncouth ungenteel ungracious unmannerly unrefined

Antonyms

WEAK

civil courteous gracious mannered polite refined respectful well-bred

Example Sentences

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Discourteous is not a description usually applied to Anderson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2015

In the Spencer Hotel, Marion, Ind.: "Discourteous treatment, by the waiters, if reported to the proprietor, will be greatly appreciated."

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

Discourteous dog! why did you not answer when I called to know if the passage was fit to be attempted?

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir

Then cometh a sad day, when with a poignant sting Lost opportunities shall speak to us reproachfully; And ours shall be the disapproval of the King— "Discourteous to these, my creatures, ye have wounded Me."

From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie

"Discourteous lubber, to call such a queen of beauty a country wench!"

From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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