rude (ruːd
)
Definitions
adjective
- insulting or uncivil; discourteous; impolite ⇒
he was rude about her hairstyle
- lacking refinement; coarse or uncouth
- vulgar or obscene ⇒
a rude joke
- unexpected and unpleasant ⇒
a rude awakening to the facts of economic life
- roughly or crudely made ⇒
we made a rude shelter on the island
- rough or harsh in sound, appearance, or behaviour
- humble or lowly
- (prenominal) robust or sturdy ⇒
in rude health
- (prenominal) approximate or imprecise ⇒
a rude estimate
Alternative Forms
ˈrudely adverb ˈrudeness ˈrudery nounWord Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin rudis coarse, unformedSynonyms
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impolite,
insulting,
cheeky,
abrupt,
short,
blunt,
abusive,
curt,
churlish,
disrespectful,
brusque,
offhand,
impertinent,
insolent,
inconsiderate,
peremptory,
impudent,
discourteous,
uncivil,
unmannerly,
ill-mannered,
=
uncivilized,
low,
rough,
savage,
ignorant,
coarse,
illiterate,
uneducated,
brutish,
barbarous,
scurrilous,
boorish,
uncouth,
unrefined,
loutish,
untutored,
graceless,
ungracious,
unpolished,
oafish,
uncultured,
= roughly-made
simple,
rough,
raw,
crude,
primitive,
makeshift,
rough-hewn,
artless,
inelegant,
inartistic,
Translations
- British English:
rude
If someone is rude, they behave in a way that is not polite.He's rude to her friends.ruːd ADJECTIVE He's rude to her friends.
- Spanish:
maleducado
adj maleducada
- French:
grossier
adj grossière
- German:
unverschämt
adj
- Chinese: 粗鲁的 adj
- Arabic: وَقِح adj
- Portuguese: grosseiro adj grosseira
- Russian: грубый adj грубая
- Croatian: nepristojan adj nepristojna
- Czech: drzý adj
- Danish: uforskammet adj
- Dutch: ongemanierd adj
- Finnish: epäkohtelias adj
- Greek: αγενής adj
- Italian: maleducato adj maleducata
- Japanese: 失礼な no_posp
- Korean: 무례한 adj
- Norwegian: uhøflig adj
- Polish: nieuprzejmy adj nieuprzejma
- Brazilian Portuguese: grosseiro adj grosseira
- European Spanish:
maleducado
adj maleducada
- Swedish: oartig adj oartigt
- Thai: หยาบคาย adj
- Turkish: kaba adj
- Vietnamese: bất lịch sự adj
Usage examples
I'm sorry that I was rude to you on the phone, that was inexcusable of me.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)I am no saint and have been rude and angry on many occasions.
British Medical Journal (2002)Renzetti: There is nothing worse than a man who is polite to you but rude to waiters, or cab drivers.
Globe and Mail (2003)To my mind his remarks about the Queen and Prince Philip were not in the least humorous, just very rude and disloyal.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2002)I was right: her eyes widened and she sucked in her breath, shook her head, and made a rude noise.
, THE VIRGIN BLUE (2002)