Courteous and Vulgar

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Courteous adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.

Usage example: their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people

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Vulgar is an antonym for courteous.

Vulgar adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.

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Courteous is an antonym for vulgar.

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