Word Meanings - COURTESY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, 1. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts

Additional info about word: COURTESY

corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, 1. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. Milton. Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies of speech. Longfellow. 2. An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness. My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you. Shak. 3. Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy. Courtesy title, a title assumed by a person, or popularly conceded to him, to which he has no valid claim; as, the courtesy title of Lord prefixed to the names of the younger sons of noblemen. Syn. -- Politiness; urbanity; civility; complaisance; affability; courteousness; elegance; refinement; courtliness; good breeding. See Politeness.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COURTESY)

• Amenity
• Pleasantness
• mildness
• blandness
• graciousness
• gentility
• compliableness
• courtesy
• obligingness
• Compliment
• Homage
• flattery
• praise
• manners
• Deportment
• behavior
• carriage
• politeness
• intercourse
• demeanor

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COURTESY)

• Blame
• censure
• discommend
• reprove

Related words: (words related to COURTESY)

• POLITENESS
  1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn. 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity;
• BLANDNESS
  The state or quality of being bland.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• MILDNESS
  The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.
• CARRIAGEABLE
  Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. Ruskin.
• FLATTERY
  The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• INTERCOURSE
  A This sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles. Milton. Sexual intercourse, sexual or carnal connection; coition. Syn. -- Communication; connection; commerce; communion; fellowship; familiarity; acquaintance. (more info) commerce, exchange,
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• BLAMER
  One who blames. Wyclif.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• DISCOMMENDER
  One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.
• GENTILITY
  belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilité 1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay. He . . . mines my gentility with my education. Shak. 2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect,
• AMENITY
  The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities.
• CARRIAGE
  carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. And after those days we took up our carriages and
• REPROVE
  1. To convince. When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9. 2. To disprove; to refute. Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak. 3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
• PRAISEMENT
  Appraisement.
• BEHAVIOR
  Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular
• CENSURE
  1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. 2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. Both the censure and the praise were merited.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• RECARRIAGE
  Act of carrying back.
• OVERPRAISE
  To praise excessively or unduly.
• MISCARRIAGEABLE
  Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. Bp. Hall.
• SUPERPRAISE
  To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.
• DISBLAME
  To clear from blame. Chaucer.
• MISBEHAVIOR
  Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison.