manners, ungainly manners; insuavity†; uncourteousness†, &c adj.;
rusticity, inurbanity†; illiberality, incivility displacency†.
disrespect &c 929; procacity†, impudence: barbarism, barbarity;
misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism†, conduct unbecoming a gentleman,
grossiereté, brusquerie†; vulgarity, &c 851.
churlishness &c adj.; spinosity†, perversity; moroseness &c
(sullenness) 901.1.
sternness &c adj.; austerity; moodishness†, captiousness &c 901;
cynicism; tartness &c adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.
scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words,
contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.
bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub†; frump,
crosspatch†; saucebox &c 887 [Obs.]; crooked stick; grizzly.
V. be rude &c adj.; insult &c 929; treat with discourtesy; take a name
in vain; make bold with, make free with; take a liberty; stare out of
countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush.
cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give the cold
shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool upon,
look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a
flea in the ear.
lose one's temper &c (resentment) 900; sulk &c 901.1; frown,
scowl, glower, pout; snap, snarl, growl.
render rude &c adj.; brutalize, brutify†.
Adj. discourteous, uncourteous†; uncourtly†; ill-bred, ill-mannered,
ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly, unmannered; impolite,
unpolite†; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel; ungentleman-like,
ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar &c 851; dedecorous†; foul-
mouthed foul-spoken; abusive.
uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward,
obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious.
repulsive; uncomplaisant†, unaccommodating, unneighborly,
ungallant; inaffable†; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt,
gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh,
austere; cavalier.
taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting,
doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous,
contumelious; snarling &c v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim,
sullen &c 901.1; peevish &c (irascible) 901.
untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless &c 703;
Adv. discourteously &c adj.; with discourtesy &c n., with a bad grace.