Rude
adj, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
"This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason."
- 2 Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
"But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge"
- 3 Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
"a rude awakening"
- 4 Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
"a rude film"
- 5 Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
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- 6 Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
"A comfortable house for a rude and hardy race, that lived mostly out of doors, was once made here almost entirely of such materials as Nature furnished ready to their hands."
- 7 Crudely made; primitive.
"For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines."
- 8 Good, awesome. Multicultural-London-English, slang
- 9 Sexy, hot, overtly attractive. Multicultural-London-English, slang
"Now the girl's rude, I know she's rude/But she's screwed right through you, you'll be on your knees soon"
- 1 socially incorrect in behavior wordnet
- 2 lacking civility or good manners wordnet
- 3 belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness wordnet
- 4 (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace wordnet
- 5 (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes wordnet
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More examples"I have a good mind to strike you for being so rude."
Etymology
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
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