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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dis-kur-tee-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkɜr ti əs |
Definition of discourteous
Origin :- 1560s; see dis- + courteous. Related: Discourteously.
- adj rude, impolite
- What have I done that you should hold me in this light esteem, and give me these discourteous words?'
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- The relieved poet now had the floor as an apologist for his discourteous parrot.
- Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
- If you are guilty of disgraceful acts, of discourteous words, who suffers?
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- They were not discourteous to Ned, but they took no interest in his suggestions.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- "You do not have to be unkind or discourteous," continued the doctor's even voice.
- Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
- I cannot say I was well received by the Irish agent, a discourteous and surly fellow.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- What had made her do this brusque, discourteous thing to-day?
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- No one could be so discourteous or impolitic as to vanquish the king.
- Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
- A laugh, derisive but not discourteous to himself, greeted the question.
- Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
- My embarrassment was so great that my discourteous question may be pardoned.
- Extract from : « The Crack of Doom » by Robert Cromie
Synonyms for discourteous
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