Courteous and Churlish

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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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Churlish is an antonym for courteous.

Churlish adjective - Having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners.

Usage example: it would be churlish for any dinner guest to express anything but gratitude for his host's generous hospitality

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Courteous is an antonym for churlish in rude topic.

Nearby Words: churlishness, churl, churlishly

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