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# discourteous

«discourteous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Rude; not polite, showing a lack of good manners or respect** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (discourteous; more discourteous)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Rude; not polite, showing a lack of good manners or respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word for «rude», used in letters, rules and the exam voice. In everyday and safety lessons, pupils learn that interrupting, ignoring or pushing past people is discourteous. In stories a discourteous character is unkind or proud.

### examples

- It is discourteous to interrupt when someone is speaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#x1)
- (formal) We apologise if our staff were discourteous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#x2)
- The knight was discourteous to the old woman and was punished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#x3)
- Leaving without saying goodbye seemed discourteous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#x4)
- (formal) Discourteous behaviour will not be tolerated on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#x5)
- "You are a very discourteous Giant," answered the stranger quietly, "and I shall probably have to teach you a little civility, before we part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday words are «rude» or «impolite». Opposite: «courteous». Noun: «discourtesy». Pronounced «dis-KUR-tee-us».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discourteous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discourteous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.