discourtesy

Roget category 895

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.3. Sympathetic affections
›› 6.3.1. Social affections

#895. Discourtesy

noun

discourtesy — ill breeding — ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners — insuavity^† — uncourteousness^†, etc. adj. — rusticity, inurbanity^† — illiberality, incivility displacency^†.
disrespect etc. 929 — procacity^†, impudence: barbarism, barbarity — misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism^†, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_e, brusquerie^† — vulgarity, etc. 851.
churlishness etc. adj. — spinosity^†, perversity — moroseness etc. (sullenness) 901.1. sternness etc. adj. — austerity — moodishness^†, captiousness etc. 901 — cynicism — tartness etc. adj. — acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.
scowl, black looks, frown — short answer, rebuff — hard words, contumely — unparliamentary language, personality.
bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast — unlicked cub^† — frump, crosspatch^† — saucebox etc. 887^† — crooked stick — grizzly.

verb

be rude etc. adj. — insult etc. 929 — treat with discourtesy — take a name in vain — make bold with, make free with — take a liberty — stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush.
cut — turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel — give the cold shoulder — keep at a distance, keep at arm's length — look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon — show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear.
lose one's temper etc. (resentment) 900 — sulk etc. 901.1; frown, scowl, glower, pout — snap, snarl, growl.
render rude etc. adj. — brutalize, brutify^†.

adjective

discourteous, uncourteous^† — uncourtly^† — ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned — unbred — unmannerly, unmannered — impolite, unpolite^† — unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel — ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly — unladylike — blackguard — vulgar etc. 851 — dedecorous^† — foul-mouthed foul-spoken — abusive.
uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious — cool — pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious.
repulsive — uncomplaisant^†, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant — inaffable^† — ungentle, ungainly — rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff — churlish, boorish, bearish — brutal, brusque — stern, harsh, austere — cavalier.
taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious — snarling etc. v. — surly, surly as a bear — perverse — grim, sullen etc. 901.1; peevish etc. (irascible) 901.
untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic — artless etc. 703 —

adverb

discourteously etc. adj. — with discourtesy etc. n., with a bad grace.

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