discourtesy
noun[CorU]
formaluk/dɪˈskɜː.tə.si/us/dɪˈskɝː.t̬ə.si/behaviouror anactthat is notpoliteand does notconsiderother people'sfeelings:
失礼行为,罔顾他人感受的做法Theyfeltthey had beentreatedwith discourtesy.他们觉得自己受到了不礼貌的对待。
Being late is a discourtesy toyourcolleagues.迟到是对同事的不礼貌。
See
discourteous
- I don'tmindpeoplespeakingfrankly, but I will notacceptdiscourtesy.
- Acomplaintof discourtesy waslodgedagainst theofficerby amemberof thepublic.
- LadySarah wasoffendedby the "discourtesy" of herhusbandmovingin with hisgirlfriendbeforetheirdivorcewasfinalised.
- Insults,demeaningcommentsand other discourtesiesapparentlyare anormalfeatureof theworkplace,accordingto a newstudy.
- Peoplegabblingloudlyontheirphonesis one of the morecommondiscourtesies ofmodernlife.
Rude and cheeky
- cheekily
- cheekiness
- churlish
- churlishly
- churlishness
- coarse
- coarsely
- discourteous
- fruity
- gall
- impudent
- offensiveness
- potty mouth
- potty-mouthed
- presume
- presumptuously
- presumptuousness
- ripe
- temerity
- unrepeatable