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discourtesy

/dɪsˈkɜːtəsi/

discourtesy noun: lack of courtesy; rudeness.

Noun

discourtesy (usually uncountable, plural discourtesies)

  1. (usually) Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
  2. (usually) A rude act.

discourtesy meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam

discourtesy in Hindi

discourtesy, incivility, impudence
अविनय avinay

discourtesy in Tamil

பகை, எடுத்தேற்றி, அநாகரிகம், தாறுமாறு

discourtesy in Malayalam

bad manners, rudeness, impoliteness
മര്യാദകേട്, അപമര്യാദ, അവമര്യാദ, കുപ്രകൃതി, ചീത്തസ്വഭാവം, അപാകം

Synonyms of discourtesy

Forms of discourtesy

pluraldiscourtesies

Origin of discourtesy

From dis- + courtesy.

Questions about discourtesy

What does discourtesy mean?
Discourtesy means lack of courtesy; rudeness.
What is discourtesy in Hindi?
Discourtesy in Hindi is अविनय (avinay). See Discourtesy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discourtesy?
Discourtesy is a noun.
How do you pronounce discourtesy?
Discourtesy is pronounced /dɪsˈkɜːtəsi/ (UK).
What is the plural of discourtesy?
The plural of discourtesy is discourtesies.

Words near discourtesy in the dictionary

  1. discoursiveness
  2. discourteous
  3. discourteously
  4. discourteousness
  5. discourtesies
  6. discourtesy
  7. discous
  8. discovenant
  9. discovenanted
  10. discovenanting
  11. discovenants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: discourtesy (page history and authors); अविनय (Hindi) (page history and authors); discourtesy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discourtesy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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