unmannerliness

  • 21rudeness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discourtesy, bad manners, vulgarity, incivility, impoliteness, impudence, disrespect, misbehavior, barbarity, unmannerliness, ill breeding, crudity, brutality, barbarism, tactlessness, boorishness, unbecoming conduct, lack… …

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  • 22importunity — (n.) early 15c., persistence, insistence; over eagerness, from M.Fr. importunité (14c.), from L. importunitatem (nom. importunitas) unsuitableness; unmannerliness, incivility, from importunus unfit, troublesome (see IMPORTUNE (Cf. importune)) …

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  • 23unmannerly — adjective not well mannered. Derivatives unmannerliness noun …

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  • 24incivility — n. 1. Discourtesy, discourteousness, rudeness, impoliteness, uncourteousness, uncourtliness, inurbanity, unmannerliness, disrespect, ill breeding, ill manners. 2. Act of rudeness, discourtesy, piece of ill breeding …

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  • 25back talk — n 1.Inf. sass, Sl. mouth, Sl. lip, Sl. jaw, Sl. smart or wise talk, Sl. wisemouth, Sl. smart mouth; retort, comeback, rejoinder, riposte; gibe, jeer, scoff, sneer, taunt, mockery, sarcasm. 2. impudence, audacity, effrontery, Inf. cheek, Inf.… …

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  • 26churlishness — n 1. rusticity, ruralism, agrarianism; pastoralism, pastorality, bucolicism; inurbanity, back woodsiness, provincialism, provinciality, yokelism, Sl. hickishness; hominess, homeliness, homishness, Inf. folksiness. 2. boorishness, loutishness,… …

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  • 27discourtesy — n 1. rudeness, impoliteness, incivility, unmannerliness; inconsideration, tactlessness, disrespectfulness, misbehavior; ungraciousness, indecorum, uncourtliness, ungentlemanliness, hoyden ism; brashness, boldness, brazenness, insolence, impudence …

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  • 28disrespect — n discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, incivility, unmannerliness; inconsideration, disregard, tactlessness, disrespectfulness, irreverence, misbehavior; indecorum, ungraciousness, uncourtliness, ungentlemanliness, hoydenism; impudence, insolence …

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  • 29forwardness — n 1. overreadiness, overconfidence, arrogance, chutzpa; presumption, presumptuousness, impertinence, insolence, officiousness, effrontery; boldness, brashness, audacity, brazenness; pertness, sauciness, brass, Inf. cheek, Inf. nerve, Sl. lip,… …

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  • 30gaucherie — n 1. blunder, Fr. faux pas. misbehavior, bad job; botch, botchery, bungle; crudity, vulgarity; breach of etiquette, social slip, gaffe. 2. gracelessness, uncouthness, bad taste, Fr. mauvais gout; unmannerliness, indecorum, impoliteness,… …

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