'Rude' definitions:
Definition of 'rude'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: ill-mannered, bad- mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly]
adjective
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish]
adjective
Lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather [syn: uncivil, rude] [ant: civil, polite]
adjective
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a), rude(a)]
adjective
Definition of 'Rude'
From: GCIDE
- Rude \Rude\, a. [Compar. Ruder; superl. Rudest.] [F., fr. L. rudis.]
- 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster]
- Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Rude and unpolished stones. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
- The heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] (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." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- He was but rude in the profession of arms. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. --Gray. [1913 Webster] (c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [1913 Webster]
- [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] (d) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies. (e) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like. "The rude Irish books." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Rude am I in my speech. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Unblemished by my rude translation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe. See Impertiment. [1913 Webster] -- {Rude"ly}, adv. -- {Rude"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angular,
- approximate,
- arrested,
- artless,
- awkward,
- backward,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- bare,
- baseborn,
- basic,
- bawdy,
- below the salt,
- benighted,
- biggety,
- bluff,
- bold,
- bookless,
- boorish,
- bouncing,
- brash,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- brusque,
- bumbling,
- cacophonic,
- cacophonous,
- callow,
- cheeky,
- choked,
- churlish,
- chutzpadik,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- cockney,
- cocky,
- common,
- commonplace,
- contemptuous,
- crabbed,
- cracked,
- crass,
- croaking,
- croaky,
- crude,
- crusty,
- curt,
- deceived,
- derisive,
- dirty,
- discordant,
- discourteous,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- disrespectful,
- doggerel,
- Doric,
- dry,
- dysphemistic,
- earthy,
- embryonic,
- empty-headed,
- facy,
- filthy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- flush,
- fresh,
- functionally illiterate,
- gally,
- gauche,
- gaudy,
- Gothic,
- graceless,
- grammarless,
- gratuitous,
- green,
- gross,
- gruff,
- guttural,
- hale,
- hale and hearty,
- hardy,
- harsh,
- harsh-sounding,
- hearty,
- heathen,
- hoarse,
- homely,
- homespun,
- hoodwinked,
- humble,
- husky,
- ill,
- ill-bred,
- ill-educated,
- ill-mannered,
- illiterate,
- imperfect,
- impertinent,
- impolite,
- imprecise,
- improper,
- impudent,
- impure,
- in bad taste,
- in embryo,
- in ovo,
- in the rough,
- inaccurate,
- inaffable,
- inartistic,
- inconcinnate,
- inconcinnous,
- incorrect,
- indecent,
- indecorous,
- indelicate,
- inelegant,
- inexact,
- inexpert,
- infelicitous,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- intrusive,
- inurbane,
- know-nothing,
- led astray,
- lewd,
- loud,
- loutish,
- low,
- lowborn,
- lowbred,
- lowbrow,
- lowly,
- lubricious,
- lubricous,
- lumpy,
- lusty,
- makeshift,
- malapert,
- mannerless,
- mean,
- meddlesome,
- meretricious,
- metallic,
- misinformed,
- misinstructed,
- misshapen,
- mistaught,
- naughty,
- nervy,
- nonclerical,
- nonintellectual,
- oafish,
- obscene,
- offensive,
- ordinary,
- outlandish,
- outrageous,
- oversimple,
- pagan,
- pert,
- Philistine,
- plain,
- plebeian,
- pornographic,
- primitive,
- proximate,
- ragged,
- raucid,
- raucous,
- raw,
- reductionistic,
- reductive,
- ribald,
- robust,
- robustious,
- robustuous,
- rough,
- rough-hewn,
- roughcast,
- roughhewn,
- roupy,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- rugged,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- savage,
- shabby-genteel,
- simple,
- simplistic,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smutty,
- squawking,
- squawky,
- stalwart,
- stertorous,
- stout,
- strangled,
- strong,
- stunted,
- sturdy,
- surly,
- taboo,
- tactless,
- tasteless,
- thick,
- third-estate,
- throaty,
- tinny,
- unaccommodating,
- unblown,
- unbooked,
- unbookish,
- unbooklearned,
- unbriefed,
- uncalled-for,
- unceremonious,
- uncivil,
- uncivilized,
- uncomplaisant,
- unconversant,
- uncourteous,
- uncourtly,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- uncut,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- undignified,
- undressed,
- unedified,
- uneducated,
- unerudite,
- uneuphonious,
- unfashioned,
- unfelicitous,
- unfinished,
- unformed,
- ungallant,
- ungenteel,
- ungentlemanly,
- ungraceful,
- ungracious,
- unguided,
- unhandsome,
- unharmonious,
- unhewn,
- uninstructed,
- unintellectual,
- unlabored,
- unladylike,
- unlearned,
- unlettered,
- unlicked,
- unliterary,
- unmannered,
- unmannerly,
- unpolished,
- unpolite,
- unpracticed,
- unprocessed,
- unread,
- unrefined,
- unscholarly,
- unschooled,
- unseemly,
- unskilled,
- unstudious,
- untaught,
- untreated,
- untutored,
- unversed,
- unworked,
- unwrought,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vulgar,
- wild,
- wise-ass