| NOUN | communication | discourtesy, disrespect | an expression / expression of lack of respect |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | discourtesy, rudeness | a manner that is rude and insulting | |
| act | discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity | a lack of politeness |
| Meaning | An expression / expression of lack of respect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | disrespect | |
| Narrower | abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification | A rude expression / expression intended to offend or hurt |
| blasphemy | blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) | |
| contempt, scorn | open disrespect for a person or thing | |
| derision | contemptuous laughter | |
| disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something | |
| impudence, cheek, impertinence | An impudent / impudent statement | |
| ridicule | language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate | |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
| Spanish | descortesía, respeto | |
| Catalan | descortesia | |
| Meaning | A manner that is rude and insulting. | |
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| Synonym | rudeness | |
| Narrower | abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness | An abrupt discourteous manner |
| boorishness | The manner of a rude or insensitive person | |
| contempt, disrespect | A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous | |
| crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness | The trait of being rude and impertinent | |
| impoliteness | A discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage | |
| incivility | Deliberate discourtesy | |
| ungraciousness | An offensive lack of good manners | |
| Broader | manner, personal manner | A way of acting or behaving |
| Opposite | courtesy, good manners | A courteous manner |
| Spanish | descortesía | |
| Catalan | descortesia | |
| Meaning | A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. | |
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| Synonyms | offense, offence, offensive activity | |
| Narrower | derision, ridicule | The act of deriding or treating with contempt / contempt |
| indelicacy | An impolite act or expression | |
| insolence | An offensive disrespectful impudent act | |
| insult, affront | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | |
| presumption | A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming | |
| rebuff, slight | A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger / anger or disapproval) | |
| Broader | behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself |
| Spanish | atentado, descortesía, injuria, ofensa | |
| Catalan | atemptat, descortesia, injúria, ofensa | |
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