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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discourteous \Dis*cour"te*ous\ (?; see {Courteous}, 277), adjective [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.] Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- {Dis*cour"te*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Dis*cour"te*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discourteous
adjective
1: showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young" [ant: {courteous}]
2: lacking social graces [syn: {ungracious}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "discourteous": abrupt, aweless, boorish, brusque, curt, derisive, disparaging, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inaffable, insolent, irreverent, misbehaved, ridiculing, rude, short, unaccommodating, uncivil, uncomplaisant, uncourteous, uncourtly, ungallant, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unladylike, unmannerly, unpolite
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