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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discourtesy |
| Synonyms: | bad manners, coarseness, discourteousness, disrespect, impoliteness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | effrontery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, boldness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, audacity, backtalk, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah*, crust, disrespect, face, gall, guff, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, lip, presumption, rudeness, sass, sauce, self-assurance, self-confidence, shamelessness, smart talk, temerity |
| Notes: | effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
| Antonyms: | manners, modesty, shame, shyness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impertinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
| Synonyms: | assurance, audacity, back talk, backchat, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, come-back, crust, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, freshness, gall, guff, hardihood, impropriety, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, lip, nerve, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass, smart mouth, wise guy, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | humility, manners, politeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indecency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscenity, vulgarity |
| Synonyms: | bawdiness, coarseness, crudity, drunkenness, evil, foulness, grossness, immodesty, impropriety, impurity, incivility, indecorum, indelicacy, lewdness, licentiousness, offense, outrageousness, pornography, ribaldry, smuttiness, unseemliness, vileness |
| Antonyms: | chastity, cleanness, decency, modesty, purity, virtue |
| Main Entry: | insolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | abuse, arrogance, audacity, back talk, brass, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, effrontery, gall, guff, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insubordination, lip, offensiveness, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass, sauce, uncivility |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty, politeness, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful communication |
| Synonyms: | abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye, blasphemy, cheap shot, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disdainfulness, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, rudeness, scorn, scurrility, shame, slam, slander, slap, slap in the face, slight, snub, superciliousness, taunt, unpleasantry, vilification, vituperation |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | misbehavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | naughty act, conduct |
| Synonyms: | acting up, fault, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkey business, naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | behavior, good conduct, manners, obedience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rudeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impoliteness |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, asperity, audacity, bad manners, barbarity, bluntness, boldness, boorishness, brass, cheek, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, discourtesy, disdain, disrespect, effrontery, grossness, harshness, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, intrusiveness, irritability, misbehavior, nerve*, officiousness, shamelessness, sharpness, tactlessness, ungraciousness, unkindness, unmannerliness, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rudeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insolence |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, contumely, impertinence, incivility, sass |
| Antonyms: | good manners, politeness |
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