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Rude

Rude Meaning & Definition
Rude Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rude?

[adj] socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
[adj] lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
[adj] 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"
[adj] (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rude: bounderish | crude | early | ill-bred | ill-mannered | impolite | lowbred | primitive | uncivil | underbred | unmannered | unmannerly | unrefined | yokelish

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Rude In Webster's Dictionary

\Rude\, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [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.''

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