adj
Meaning 1
Impolite; lacking consideration for others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
discourteous
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/
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adjective
Meaning 2
showing no courtesy; rude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a distant and at times discourteous young
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: courteous
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
lacking social graces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ungracious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English courteous English discourteous From dis- + courteous.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неучтив (neučtiv) — impolite
- Bulgarian: невъзпитан (nevǎzpitan) — impolite
- Dutch: onhoffelijk — impolite
- French: discourtois — impolite
- Icelandic: ókurteis — impolite
- Irish: drochbhéasach — impolite
- Irish: drochmhúinte — impolite
- Irish: míchúirtéiseach — impolite
- Irish: mímhúinte — impolite
- Irish: neamhchúirtéiseach — impolite
- Macedonian: не́учтив (néučtiv) — impolite
- Macedonian: нево́спитан (nevóspitan) — impolite
- Macedonian: безо́бразен (bezóbrazen) — impolite
- Māori: āhuaatua — impolite
- Māori: harehare — impolite
- Māori: pakirara — impolite
- Plautdietsch: onheeflich — impolite
- Portuguese: descortês — impolite
- Russian: неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj) — impolite
- Russian: невоспи́танный (nevospítannyj) — impolite
- Spanish: descortés — impolite
- Ottoman Turkish: تربیهسز (terbiyesiz) — impolite