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discourteous

/dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/

discourteous adjective: impolite; lacking consideration for others.

Adjective

discourteous (comparative more discourteous, superlative most discourteous)

  1. Impolite; lacking consideration for others.
    • Kirk, who succeeded Drumright, had an unusually short tour of duty in Taipei—only about a year. Despite the shortness of his duty, he left the impression of being an old sea captain who would have felt more at home barking his orders from the bridge than heading an important diplomatic mission....1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32

discourteous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

discourteous in Hindi

discourteous, uncivil, impudent
अविनय avinay
discourteous, ill-mannered
अविनीत avinīt

discourteous in Tamil

அவமரியாதையான, நடைநயமில்லா, பண்பற்ற, மதிப்பற்ற

discourteous in Malayalam

bad-mannered, rude, impolite
നിർമ്മര്യാദം, അപമര്യാദം, അവിനീതം, ഉഗ്രധിക്കാരം കാണിക്കുന്ന, മര്യാദകെട്ട, സഭ്യേതരം

discourteous in Kannada

ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಪಾಂಗಿನ, ಹೊಲಬು ತಪ್ಪಿದ

Antonyms of discourteous

Forms of discourteous

comparativemore discourteous
superlativemost discourteous

Origin of discourteous

From dis- + courteous.

Words formed from discourteous

Questions about discourteous

What does discourteous mean?
Discourteous means impolite; lacking consideration for others.
What is discourteous in Hindi?
Discourteous in Hindi is अविनय (avinay), अविनीत (avinīt). See Discourteous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discourteous?
Discourteous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce discourteous?
Discourteous is pronounced /dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/ (UK).

Words near discourteous in the dictionary

  1. discoursing
  2. discoursings
  3. discoursive
  4. discoursively
  5. discoursiveness
  6. discourteous
  7. discourteously
  8. discourteousness
  9. discourtesies
  10. discourtesy
  11. discous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: discourteous (page history and authors); अविनय (Hindi) (page history and authors); discourteous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discourteous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); discourteous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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