discourteous

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dis‧cour‧te‧ous/dɪsˈkɜːtiəs $ -ɜːr-/ adjective formal
not polite, and not showing respect for other people SYN rude, impolite:
　 ▪ It would be discourteous to ignore his request.

—discourteously adverb
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THESAURUS
▪rude not following the rules of good social behaviour or treating other people with a lack of respect :
　 ▪ It’s rude to interrupt.
　 ▪ He’s the rudest man I’ve ever met.
　 ▪ rude remarks about her stomach
▪impolite/not polite not following the rules of good social behaviour. Impolite sounds rather formal :
　 ▪ It is impolite to stare.
　 ▪ It’s not polite to talk with your mouth full of food.
▪cheeky British English, smart/sassy American English behaving in a way that is a little rude, especially when this is amusing or annoying – used especially about children :
　 ▪ a cheeky grin
　 ▪ Let go, you cheeky monkey (=cheeky child)!
　 ▪ Don’t get smart with me!
▪tactless saying things that are likely to upset or embarrass someone, without intending to :
　 ▪ a tactless remark
　 ▪ How could you be so tactless?
▪offensive speaking or behaving in a way that is likely to upset or offend someone :
　 ▪ His remarks are offensive to African-Americans.
　 ▪ offensive language
▪insulting speaking or behaving in a way that is very rude and offensive to someone :
　 ▪ comments that are insulting to women
　 ▪ The article was full of insulting language.
▪discourteous /dɪsˈkɜːtiəs $ -ɜːr-/ formal rather rude. Discourteous sounds very formal and is often used when talking about being careful not to upset someone’s feelings :
　 ▪ He did not wish to appear discourteous towards his host.
　 ▪ It would seem discourteous to refuse her offer.
▪ill-mannered (also bad-mannered) especially written behaving in a rude way, especially because you have never been taught how to behave politely :
　 ▪ Ill-mannered movie-goers talked throughout the entire picture.
　 ▪ It was very bad-mannered.
▪disrespectful not showing the proper respect for someone or something :
　 ▪ I felt her comments were disrespectful to all the people who have worked so hard on this project.
▪impertinent formal not showing a proper respect for someone, especially by asking or talking about subjects that you do not have a right to know about :
　 ▪ an impertinent question about his private life
　 ▪ an impertinent young man
　 ▪ Would it be impertinent to ask how old you are?
▪insolent formal behaving in a way that is deliberately very rude to someone in authority :
　 ▪ The girl’s only response was an insolent stare.
　 ▪ Don’t be so insolent!
▪impudent formal rude, and having no respect for people who are older or more important :
　 ▪ The boy gave an impudent smile.
▪irreverent showing a lack of respect for someone or something who people are supposed to respect – used especially about comedy programmes and newspaper articles :
　 ▪ an irreverent look at the week’s events
　 ▪ his irreverent sense of humour

adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He claimed that the officer had been discourteous to him.
▪ It would have seemed discourteous to refuse his offer.
▪ The sales staff were discourteous and slow.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All this, discourteous though it was, seemed normal enough.
▪ Female respondents also complained that men drive too fast and are often very discourteous to others.
▪ He was fascinated by Laura's stories of psychoanalysis and his overenthusiastic questions almost verged on the discourteous.
▪ I have allowed several interruptions and, although I do not wish to be discourteous, I should get on.
▪ It would have been enormously discourteous.