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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discourteously
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But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.—
Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026 -
For instance, the Alfie who was very serious about Mindy one night before would not suddenly bail because her ex — whom Mindy blocked everywhere — rudely accosted her at her job.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2025
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Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.—
Mikhail Zygar,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
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Stanford University water polo coach Brian Flacks treated Cardinal players disrespectfully, but a former university general counsel attorney found that the treatment did not meet Stanford’s standard of retaliation, according to multiple documents obtained by the Southern California News Group.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Set Rules For Micro-Interventions Of course, even a strategy like this, with ample scientific support, can backfire if it’s implemented thoughtlessly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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No one bears the consequences more cruelly than the homeless themselves.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Active grants have been cruelly rescinded, leaving community theaters, local museums, facing sudden funding gaps and uncertainty over expenses for work already underway.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Discourteously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discourteously. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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