Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting.
- adjective Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive.
- adjective Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill.
- adjective In a natural, raw state.
- adjective Unpleasantly forceful or harsh.
- adjective Chiefly British Vigorous or robust.
- adjective Archaic Lacking education or refinement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rudely.
- Rough; crude; unwrought; unfashioned; ill-fashioned; without finish or shapeliness: as, a rude mass of material.
- Lacking cultivation, refinement, or elegance; clumsy; uncouth: as, rude verses; rude art.
- Mean; humble; little known or regarded; hence, as said of persons, low by birth or position.
- Barbarous; uncivilized; unpolished; ignorant.
- Having a fierce or cruel disposition; ferocious; sanguinary; savage; brutal.
- Marked by or expressing fierceness or savageness; ferocious, fierce, or cruel in quality.
- Ill-bred; boorish; uncivil; discourteous; impolite.
- Marked, by incivility; contrary to the requirements of. courtesy: as, rude conduct; a rude remark.
- Rough; tempestuous; stormy: as, a rude gale; rude weather.
- Robust; sturdy; rugged; vigorous.
- Synonyms Ill-shaped, raw, uncouth, unformed.
- 7 and Vulgar, loutish, boorish, ill-bred, insolent, surly, churlish, gruff, brusk.
- Harsh, inclement, violent, turbulent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
- adjective Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things.
- adjective Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.
- adjective Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like.
- adjective Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the
rude shock of armies. - adjective Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Bad
mannered . - adjective
Obscene ,pornographic ,offensive . - adjective
Tough ,robust . - adjective Undeveloped, unskilled,
basic . - adjective Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- adjective (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
- adjective lacking civility or good manners
- adjective socially incorrect in behavior
- adjective belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I was amused by his attempt to avoid the term “Jew” — apparently he was raised to consider the term rude and perjorative.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Word I Will Gladly Continue To Use: 2007
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Some complained about what they characterized as rude and inconsiderate behavior by the power company, which had the largest number of customers in the region still without power.
For Pepco, customer wrath extends the storm Avis Thomas-Lester 2011
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Some complained about what they characterized as rude and inconsiderate behavior by the power company, which had the largest number of customers in the region still without power.
For Pepco, customer wrath extends the storm Avis Thomas-Lester 2011
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Some complained about what they characterized as rude and inconsiderate behavior by the power company, which had the largest number of customers in the region still without power.
For Pepco, customer wrath extends the storm Avis Thomas-Lester 2011
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This is going to stop when what he called rude mechanicals in other words, people who weren't gentlemen start doing it.
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This is going to stop when what he called rude mechanicals in other words, people who weren't gentlemen start doing it.
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This is going to stop when what he called rude mechanicals in other words, people who weren't gentlemen start doing it.
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This is going to stop when what he called rude mechanicals in other words, people who weren't gentlemen start doing it.
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Hume†™ s hose down remark was just plain rude, which is to be expected.
Think Progress » Hume to Juan Williams: “Someone Needs To Hose You Down†2005
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It is actual, and dwells in its greatest purity amongst that class of mankind whom we term rude, uneducated.
thtownse commented on the word rude
Any connection for this word, in the distant past, with "red"? I know that the word "evil" is related to "village" and carries some kind of prejudice against those people who live outside of our zone, somewhere else. So is "rude" referring to some kind of "red" people?
March 25, 2010