Discourteous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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