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RUDE
rude, bad-mannered, ill-mannered, unmannered, unmannerly
(adjective) socially incorrect in behavior; “resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion”
uncivil, rude
(adjective) lacking civility or good manners; “want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue”- Willa Cather
crude, primitive, rude
(adjective) belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; “the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man”; “primitive movies of the 1890s”; “primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains”
bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish
(adjective) (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
natural, raw, rude
(adjective) (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; “natural yogurt”; “natural produce”; “raw wool”; “raw sugar”; “bales of rude cotton”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rude (comparative ruder, superlative rudest)
Bad-mannered.
Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
Tough, robust.
Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Synonyms
• (bad-mannered): ill-mannered, uncouth; see impolite
• (obscene, pornographic, offensive): adult, blue; see also obscene or pornographic
• (undeveloped): primitive; see crude
Anagrams
• Duer, dure, rued, urdĂ©, ured
Source: Wiktionary
Rude, a. [Compar. Ruder; superl. Rudest.] Etym: [F., fr. L. rudis.]
1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton.
2. Hence, specifically: (a) Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship. "Rude was the cloth." Chaucer. Rude and unpolished stones. Bp. Stillingfleet. The heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. Milton.
(b) Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like. "Mine ancestors were rude." Chaucer. He was but rude in the profession of arms. Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Gray.
(c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. Boyle.
(d) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies. (e) 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. "The rude Irish books." Spenser. Rude am I in my speech. Shak. Unblemished by my rude translation. Dryden.
Syn.
– Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe. See Impertiment.
– Rude"ly, adv.
– Rude"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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