rudeness

rude  (rd)

adj. rud·er, rud·est

1. Relatively undeveloped; primitive: a rude and savage land; a rude agricultural implement.

2.

a. Being in a crude, rough, unfinished condition: a rude thatched hut.

b. Exhibiting a marked lack of skill or precision in work: rude crafts.

c. In a natural, raw state: bales of rude cotton.

3.

a. Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.

b. Lacking education or knowledge; unlearned.

c. Ill-mannered; discourteous: rude behavior.

4. Vigorous, robust, and sturdy.

5. Abruptly and unpleasantly forceful: received a rude shock.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rudis.]

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rudely adv.

rudeness n.

Synonyms: rude, crude, primitive, raw, rough
These adjectives mean marked by a lack of skill and finish: a rude hut; a crude drawing; primitive kitchen facilities; a raw wooden canoe; a rough sketch.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rudeness - a manner that is rude and insulting discourtesy personal manner, manner - a way of acting or behaving boorishness - the manner of a rude or insensitive person impoliteness - a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage ungraciousness - an offensive lack of good manners incivility - deliberate discourtesy abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness - an abrupt discourteous manner contempt, disrespect - a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous cheekiness, insolence, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness, gall - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
	2.	rudeness - a wild or unrefined state crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism natural state, state of nature, wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

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rudeness

noun discourtesy, bad manners, insolence, impertinence, incivility, ill-breeding, impoliteness, disrespectfulness, ungraciousness, unmannerliness She is cross at his rudeness.

Translations

rudeness [ˈruːdnɪs] N

1. (= impoliteness) [of person, behaviour] → grosería f, falta f de educación; [of reply, remark] → falta f de educación

2. (= obscenity) → grosería f

3. (= primitiveness) [of shelter, table] → tosquedad f, lo rudimentario; [of tool, device, implement] → lo burdo, lo rudimentario

rudeness [ˈruːdnɪs] n → impolitesse f

rudeness

n

(= impoliteness) → Unhöflichkeit f; (stronger) → Unverschämtheit f; (= roughness, uncouthness) → Grobheit f

(= obscenity) → Unanständigkeit f, → Unflätigkeit f (geh)

(= harshness: of shock) → Härte f

rudeness [ˈruːdnɪs] n (impoliteness) → villania, maleducazione f; (indecency) → indecenza, volgarità