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discourteous
[ dis-kur-tee-uhs ]
discourteous
/ dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs /
adjective
- showing bad manners; impolite; rude
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Derived Forms
- disˈcourteously, adverb
- disˈcourteousness, noun
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Other Words From
- dis·courte·ous·ly adverb
- dis·courte·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of discourteous1
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Example Sentences
There were 89 complaints of rude and discourteous behavior and 59 excessive-force complaints.
It was a dismissal, immediate, discourteous, on the grounds that she was quite unequal to fill the position of prima donna.
I cannot believe that you can be so deliberately and intentionally discourteous.
Her manner was not discourteous, but her voice was forbidding.
The doorkeeper answered in a very discourteous way that it was none of his business where the senators were.
I never was cheated, or in any way "let in," by a Chinaman, and never found him discourteous or disobliging.
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