Courteous and Loutish

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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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Loutish is an antonym for courteous.

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

Usage example: the loutish bully didn't have a whole lot of friends

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Courteous is an antonym for loutish.

Nearby Word: lout

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Loutish and Courteous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/courteous/loutish

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