dickishness
Acting like a**hole
Dickishness is the quality of behaving like a dick—that is, acting in a rude, selfish, or inconsiderate way that disregards others' feelings or needs.
The term captures a pattern of behavior rather than a single incident: His general dickishness made him hard to work with.
It's informal and mildly vulgar, used when someone's conduct crosses from merely annoying into genuinely offensive territory.
Spiteful, unkind disposition
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
- spitefulnessMalicious desire to harm
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- callousnessCruel emotional indifference
heartlessness · vindictiveness · viciousness · sadism · hurtfulness · brutishness · cold-heartedness · mercilessness
Lack of good manners
- snarkinessCaustic, mocking attitude
- curtnessRudely brief speech
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
incivility · boorishness · crassness · obnoxiousness · abrasiveness · snideness · gruffness · bluntness
Contemptuous mockery
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- disdainScornful disregard
contempt · disparagement · sneering · taunting · jeering · scoffing · humiliation · put-downs
Disdainful sense of superiority
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
pomposity · superciliousness · hubris · condescension · snobbery · high-handedness · superiority · domineering
Lack of emotional awareness
- inappropriateNot suitable or fitting
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
indecency · tastelessness · lewdness · grossness · repugnance · objectionableness · outrageousness · impropriety
meanness
Spiteful, unkind disposition
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
- spitefulnessMalicious desire to harm
- maliceIntent to cause harm
callousness · heartlessness · vindictiveness · viciousness · sadism · hurtfulness · brutishness · cold-heartedness · mercilessness · pitilessness
impoliteness
Lack of good manners
- snarkinessCaustic, mocking attitude
- curtnessRudely brief speech
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
tactlessness · incivility · boorishness · crassness · obnoxiousness · abrasiveness · snideness · gruffness · bluntness · coarseness
derision
Contemptuous mockery
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
disdain · contempt · disparagement · sneering · taunting · jeering · scoffing · humiliation · put-downs · sarcasm
haughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
self-importance · pomposity · superciliousness · hubris · condescension · snobbery · high-handedness · superiority · domineering · imperiousness
insensitivity
Lack of emotional awareness
- inappropriateNot suitable or fitting
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
- crudenessLack of sophistication
vulgarity · indecency · tastelessness · lewdness · grossness · repugnance · objectionableness · outrageousness · impropriety · indelicacy
dickishnesskindness
Considerate, caring disposition
niceness · decency · compassion · thoughtfulness · considerateness
dickishnesstact
Sensitivity in speech
tactfulness · politeness · courteousness · civility · respectfulness
dickishnesstact
Sensitivity in speech
thoughtfulness · considerateness · politeness · respectfulness · sensitivity