Definition of Discourtesy. Meaning of Discourtesy. Synonyms of Discourtesy

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Definition of Discourtesy

Discourtesy
Discourtesy Dis*cour"te*sy, n. [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.] Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. --Herbert.

Meaning of Discourtesy from wikipedia

- "I warn you, Sir! The discourtesy of this bank is beyond all limits. One word more and I – I withdraw my overdraft!" Cartoon from Punch Magazine Vol....
- worked as a waitress at a Red Lobster in the Bronx, but was fired for discourtesy to customers. She said she was fired from "at least 15 jobs" for similar...
- Reverse Thursday. Reason for operation was outrageous and unprovoked discourtesy and poisonous cheesecake. Now to close in on the Moka Bar. Record. Take...
- phrase of the poem. Elgar set the poem in 1917, with the title "Fate's Discourtesy," as the second of a set of four war-related verses by Kipling on nautical...
- Slight or slights may refer to: A snub or an insult, an intentional discourtesy Slighting, the deliberate destruction of a fortification to reduce its...
- abuse accusations against NYPD officers, including abuse of authority, discourtesy, excessive use-of-force, and offensive language. Complaints against officers...
- to the news media. Hoyle said the early revelations were a "supreme discourtesy to the House". Reeves has written studies on the 2007–2008 financial...
- explained that his reluctance to trust other managers had been mistaken for discourtesy: "There are managers I respect, and I respect what they do, but you cannot...
- Jesuit Father Peter Finlay was described by Yeats as a man of "monstrous discourtesy", and he lamented that "It is one of the glories of the Church in which...
- effect on 26 January 1950. Their last telegrame to us is an act of gross discourtesy [...] It looks as though it is not a friend speaking in that language...