NOUN | communication | discourtesy, disrespect | an expression / expression of lack of respect |
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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. | |
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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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