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discourteous

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dis·cour·te·ous  (ds-kûrt-s)
adj.
Exhibiting no courtesy; rude.

dis·courte·ous·ly adv.
dis·courte·ous·ness n.

discourteous [dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs]
adj
showing bad manners; impolite; rude
discourteously  adv
discourteousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.discourteous - showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"
disrespectful - exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
courteous - characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon
2.discourteousdiscourteous - lacking social graces                
impolite - not polite

discourteous
Translations
discourteous [dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs] ADJdescortés

discourteous [dɪsˈkɜːrtiəs] adj (= rude) [person] → incivil(e), discourtois(e); [behaviour, manners] → discourtois(e)
to be discourteous to sb → se montrer discourtois(e) envers qn
it is discourteous to do ... → il est peu courtois de faire ...

discourteous
adj, discourteously
advunhöflich; we were discourteous ignoredwir wurden unhöflicherweise ignoriert

discourteous [dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs] adjscortese
discourteous [dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs] adjscortese

discourteous
adj discourteous [disˈkəːtiəs]
not polite; rude a discourteous remark. onbeleefd, onhoflik, onmanierlik فَظ، خالٍ من الكِياسَه неучтив nezdvořilý uhøflig unhöflich αγενής descortés, poco formal ebaviisakas بی ادبانه؛ بی نزاکت epäkohtelias impoli לֹא מְנוּמָס अशिष्ट, रूखा neljubazno, neuljudno udvariatlan tidak sopan ókurteis scortese ぶしつけな 무례한 nemandagus nepieklājīgs; nelaipns biadap onbeleefd uhøflig niegrzeczny indelicado nepoliticos невежливый nezdvorilý nevljuden neuljudan oartig ไม่สุภาพ; หยาบคาย kaba 失禮的 неввічливий, нечемний گستاخانہ bất lịch sự
n disˈcourtesy [-təsi]
onbeleefdheid, onhoflikheid, onmanierlikheid فَظاظَه، عَدَم كِياسَه неучтиво nezdvořilost uhøflighed die Unhöflichkeit αγένεια descortesía ebaviisakus بی ادبی؛ عدم تواضع epäkohteliaisuus impolitesse חוֹסֶר נִימוּס अशिष्टता neljubaznost udvariatlanság ketidaksopanan ókurteisi scortesia ぶしつけ 무례 nemandagumas nepieklājība; nelaipnība secara biadab onbeleefdheid uhøflighet niegrzeczność indelicadeza impoliteţe невежливость nezdvorilosť nevljudnost neuljudnost oartighet ความไม่สุภาพ; ความหยาบคาย kabalık 失禮 неввічливість, нечемність بد تہذیبی sự bất lịch sự


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In England alone, the incomprehensible and discourteous custom prevails of keeping the host and the dinner waiting for half an hour or more--without any assignable reason and without any better excuse than the purely formal apology that is implied in the words, "Sorry to be late.
What have I done that you should hold me in this light esteem, and give me these discourteous words?
Really I cannot accuse him of planning to run away with Meriem on the evidence that we have, and as he is my guest I should hate to be so discourteous as to ask him to leave; but, if I recall his words correctly, it seems to me that he has spoken of returning home, and I am sure that nothing would delight him more than going north with you--you say you start tomorrow?
 
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