rudeness
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adjective, rud·er, rud·est.
1.
discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
2.
without culture, learning, or refinement: rude, illiterate peasants.
3.
rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth.
4.
rough, harsh, or ungentle: rude hands.
5.
roughly wrought, built, or formed; of a crude construction or kind: a rude cottage.
6.
not properly or fully developed; raw; unevolved: a rude first stage of development.
7.
harsh to the ear: rude sounds.
8.
without artistic elegance; of a primitive simplicity: a rude design.
9.
violent or tempestuous, as the waves.
10.
robust, sturdy, or vigorous: rude strength.
11.
approximate or tentative: a rude first calculation of costs.
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World English Dictionary
rude (ruːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | insulting or uncivil; discourteous; impolite: he was rude about her hairstyle |
| 2. | lacking refinement; coarse or uncouth |
| 3. | vulgar or obscene: a rude joke |
| 4. | unexpected and unpleasant: a rude awakening to the facts of economic life |
| 5. | roughly or crudely made: we made a rude shelter on the island |
| 6. | rough or harsh in sound, appearance, or behaviour |
| 7. | humble or lowly |
| 8. | (prenominal) robust or sturdy: in rude health |
| 9. | (prenominal) approximate or imprecise: a rude estimate |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin rudis coarse, unformed] | |
| 'rudely | |
| —adv | |
| 'rudeness | |
| —n | |
| 'rudery | |
| —n | |
| rude (ruːd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | insulting or uncivil; discourteous; impolite: he was rude about her hairstyle |
| 2. | lacking refinement; coarse or uncouth |
| 3. | vulgar or obscene: a rude joke |
| 4. | unexpected and unpleasant: a rude awakening to the facts of economic life |
| 5. | roughly or crudely made: we made a rude shelter on the island |
| 6. | rough or harsh in sound, appearance, or behaviour |
| 7. | humble or lowly |
| 8. | (prenominal) robust or sturdy: in rude health |
| 9. | (prenominal) approximate or imprecise: a rude estimate |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin rudis coarse, unformed] | |
| 'rudely | |
| —adv | |
| 'rudeness | |
| —n | |
| 'rudery | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
rude
c.1280, "coarse, rough" (of surfaces), from L. rudis "rough, crude, unlearned," perhaps related to rudus "rubble." Sense of "ill-mannered" is from late 14c. Rudesby "insolent, unmannerly fellow" is from 1566. Rude boy (also rudie, for short) in Jamaican slang is attested from 1967. Fig. phrase rude awakening
is attested from 1895.
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Slang Dictionary
rude definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
But all of them have to be calm and friendly despite others' ignorance, rudeness, or sloppiness.
Most citizen complaints come from traffic stops and usually involve the allegation of officer rudeness.
It is easy to accuse him of narrowness, of rudeness, of want of ideas.
Some of the local staff there seem to have been hand-picked for their rudeness.
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