Courteous and Impudent

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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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Impudent is an antonym for courteous.

Impudent adjective - Displaying or marked by rude boldness.

Usage example: the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house

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Courteous is an antonym for impudent in bold topic.

Nearby Words: impudence, impudently

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