discourteous
not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
Origin of discourteous
1Other words from discourteous
- dis·cour·te·ous·ly, adverb
- dis·cour·te·ous·ness, noun
Words Nearby discourteous
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How to use discourteous in a sentence
There were 89 complaints of rude and discourteous behavior and 59 excessive-force complaints.
Metro expects most pre-pandemic riders won’t return this year amid an altered future for transit | Justin George | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostIt was a dismissal, immediate, discourteous, on the grounds that she was quite unequal to fill the position of prima donna.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiI cannot believe that you can be so deliberately and intentionally discourteous.
The Nicest Girl in the School | Angela BrazilHer manner was not discourteous, but her voice was forbidding.
The Secret Witness | George GibbsThe doorkeeper answered in a very discourteous way that it was none of his business where the senators were.
Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls | Howard J. Chidley
I never was cheated, or in any way "let in," by a Chinaman, and never found him discourteous or disobliging.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada Cambridge
British Dictionary definitions for discourteous
/ (dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs) /
showing bad manners; impolite; rude
Derived forms of discourteous
- discourteously, adverb
- discourteousness, noun
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