Definitions for rude

Definitions for (adj) rude

Main entry: rude, unmannered, unmannerly, bad-mannered, ill-mannered

Definition: socially incorrect in behavior

Usage: resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion


Main entry: uncivil, rude

Definition: lacking civility or good manners

Usage: want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue- Willa Cather


Main entry: primitive, rude, crude

Definition: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

Usage: the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man; primitive movies of the 1890s; primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains


Main entry: rude, yokelish, lowbred, bounderish, underbred, ill-bred

Definition: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace


Main entry: rude, raw, natural

Definition: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

Usage: natural yogurt; natural produce; raw wool; raw sugar; bales of rude cotton


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