Rude

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  • adjective. Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting.
  • adjective. undefined
  • 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. Vigorous or robust.
  • adjective. Lacking education or refinement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
  • adjective. undefined
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "I was amused by his attempt to avoid the term “Jew” — apparently he was raised to consider the term rude and perjorative."
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    rudeness  
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abood  Jude  Likud  Mahmood  Mahmoud  
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    coarse  cruel  primitive  rough  stupid  
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