discourtesy

Noun

Meaning

Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

offense offence disrespect rudeness nerve brass insult courtesy cheek gall boldness insolence audacity coarseness impudence
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Antonyms

courtesy amity attention respect ceremony consideration
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Hypernyms

content behavior message manner conduct substance

Hyponyms

slight abuse crust contempt insult ridicule

Examples

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. George Herbert

If the pages of this book contain some successful verse, the reader must excuse me the discourtesy of having usurped it first. Our nothingness differs little; it is a trivial and chance circumstance that you should be the reader of these exercises and I their author. Jorge Luis Borges

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy. Cass Sunstein

Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. Jean de La Bruyère

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me. Thomas Harris

An excess of courtesy is a discourtesy. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

discourteous person discourteously discourteousness discourtship discous discovenant