discourteous

adjective
UK: /dɪˈskɜː.ti.əs/
US: /dɪˈskɝː.ti.əs/

  1. Not showing respect or being considerate to other people; rude.

    1. It's discourteous to talk loudly on your phone here.
    2. It is incredibly discourteous of him to keep interrupting our conversation with irrelevant remarks.

Synonyms

rude impolite uncivil ill-mannered

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The phonetic transcription of "discourteous" is /dɪˈskɜː.ti.əs/ in British English and /dɪˈskɝː.ti.əs/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "discourteous": rude, impolite, uncivil, ill-mannered.

Example usage of "discourteous": "It's discourteous to talk loudly on your phone here.". More examples on the page.