Usually means: Rudeness or lack of respect.
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  1. discourtesy: Merriam-Webster
  2. discourtesy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discourtesy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. discourtesy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. discourtesy: Vocabulary.com
  6. discourtesy: Wordnik
  7. discourtesy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. discourtesy: Wiktionary
  9. discourtesy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. discourtesy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. discourtesy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Discourtesy, discourtesy: Dictionary.com
  13. discourtesy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. discourtesy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Discourtesy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. discourtesy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. discourtesy: Rhymezone
  18. Discourtesy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. discourtesy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. discourtesy: FreeDictionary.org
  21. discourtesy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. discourtesy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. discourtesy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. discourtesy: Legal dictionary

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  1. discourtesy: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
▸ noun:  A rude act.

Similar:
disrespect, rudeness, offense, offence, offensive activity, discourteousness, incivility, uncourteousness, incomity, rudity, more...

Opposite:
politeness, courtesy, civility, respectfulness

Adjectives:
such, gross, great, apparent, grave, marked, intentional, personal, studied, extreme, slightest
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Similar:
disrespect, rudeness, offense, offence, offensive activity, discourteousness, incivility, uncourteousness, incomity, rudity, more...

Opposite:
politeness, courtesy, civility, respectfulness

Adjectives:
such, gross, great, apparent, grave, marked, intentional, personal, studied, extreme, slightest



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