discourteous

3 definitions found

discourteous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Discourteous \Dis*cour"te*ous\ (?; see Courteous, 277), a.
     [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.]
     Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners;
     uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. --
     Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

discourteous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  discourteous
      adj 1: showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times
             discourteous young" [ant: courteous]
      2: lacking social graces [syn: discourteous, ungracious]

discourteous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "discourteous":
     abrupt, aweless, boorish, brusque, curt, derisive, disparaging,
     disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite,
     impudent, inaffable, insolent, irreverent, misbehaved, ridiculing,
     rude, short, unaccommodating, uncivil, uncomplaisant, uncourteous,
     uncourtly, ungallant, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unladylike,
     unmannerly, unpolite