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discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insulting |
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rudeness |
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good manners,
courtesy a courteous or respectful or considerate act
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personal manner,
manner a way of acting or behaving
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boorishness inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
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impoliteness a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
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ungraciousness an offensive lack of good manners
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incivility deliberate discourtesy
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brusqueness,
curtness,
gruffness,
abruptness,
shortness a throaty harshness
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disrespect,
contempt a disrespectful mental attitude
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cheekiness,
impudence,
insolence,
crust,
impertinence,
freshness,
gall an impudent statement
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discourtesy - a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
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offense,
offence |
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doings,
conduct,
behavior,
behaviour manner of acting or controlling yourself
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derision,
ridicule the act of deriding or treating with contempt
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indelicacy an impolite act or expression
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insolence an offensive disrespectful impudent act
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affront,
insult a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
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presumption a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"
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slight,
rebuff a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
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