The antonyms for the phrase "with courtesy" entail a complete lack of politeness or manners. Some suitable antonyms are impolite, discourteous, rude, impudent or insolent. All of these words describe actions that are spiteful or disrespectful, showing disrespect or disregard towards others. These words, when used to describe someone's behaviour or attitude, indicate a complete lack of consideration, favouring one's self over others. To act with discourtesy is to act carelessly, thoughtlessly or even aggressively. Hence, it is always prudent to treat others with courtesy, hence avoiding any chance of wilfully causing offense around us.

What are the antonyms for With courtesy?

• adv.

  • noun
  • discourteously
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  • impolitely
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  • rudely
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  • showing bad manners
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Famous quotes with With courtesy

• If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor.

  Robert Chambers
• Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression. The laws are made by men who have little interest in him; they are executed by men who have absolutely no motive for treating the black people with courtesy and consideration; and, finally, the accused law-breaker is tried, not by his peers, but too often by men who would rather punish ten innocent Negroes than let one guilty one escape.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

Synonyms:

scuttlebutt, scuttlebutt.