noun. The state or quality of being rude.

noun. Crudeness; roughness; clumsiness.

noun. Inelegance: lack of refinement or polish; uncouthness; awkwardness.

noun. Humble position; rusticity; low life.

noun. Barbarism; lack of civilization or enlightenment; ignorance.

noun. Coarseness of manners or conduct; boorishness; churlishness; discourtesy; incivility.

noun. Roughness of weather; tempestuousness; storminess; inclemency.

noun. Impetuosity; brunt; fierceness: as, the rudeness of a conflict.

noun. Synonyms Ruggedness.

noun. Impertinence, Effrontery, etc. (see impudence), surliness, impoliteness, uncouthness.

noun. Property of being rude.

noun. a wild or unrefined state

noun. a manner that is rude and insulting

"Adeline thought the term rudeness a harsh one, as La Motte applied it, but she forebore from any expression of displeasure."

natural state  state of nature  wild  

shrewdness  

barbarity  brutality  carelessness  coarseness  coldness  

Gothicism  bad manners  bad taste  barbarism  barbarousness