Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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.