discourteous

Speech parts

1. discourteous - Adjective

2. discourteous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ungracious curt pert short fresh offensive sharp rough harsh crude coarse abrupt abusive blunt vulgar
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Antonyms

courteous cortes gallant civil kind correct
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Phrases with the word

discourteous person

Examples

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Robert E. Howard

As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct. Meles Zenawi

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy journey and when they get to where they're going, keep them there. Alvin Martin

Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous. Persian Proverb

The courteous learn their virtue from the discourteous. Turkish Proverb

a distant and at times discourteous young Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

discoursive discoursively discoursiveness discourteous person discourteously discourteousness