'Rudeness' definitions:
Definition of 'rudeness'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Definition of 'Rudeness'
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 'rudeness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad manners,
- bad taste,
- barbarism,
- barbarousness,
- bombasticness,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- cacology,
- cacophony,
- caddishness,
- callowness,
- cheekiness,
- clumsiness,
- coarseness,
- cockiness,
- contempt,
- cracked voice,
- crassness,
- crudeness,
- crudity,
- cumbrousness,
- derision,
- discord,
- discourteousness,
- discourtesy,
- disrespectfulness,
- dryness,
- dysphemism,
- earthiness,
- face of brass,
- flippancy,
- freshness,
- gaudiness,
- Gothicism,
- gracelessness,
- greenness,
- gross behavior,
- grossness,
- gruffness,
- gutturalism,
- gutturality,
- gutturalness,
- harshness,
- heaviness,
- hoarseness,
- huskiness,
- ill breeding,
- ill manners,
- ill-balanced sentences,
- immatureness,
- immaturity,
- impertinence,
- impoliteness,
- impropriety,
- impudence,
- impurity,
- incivility,
- inconcinnity,
- inconsiderateness,
- incorrectness,
- indecorousness,
- inelegance,
- inelegancy,
- infelicity,
- insensitivity,
- inurbanity,
- lack of finish,
- lack of polish,
- leadenness,
- loudness,
- loutishness,
- mannerlessness,
- meretriciousness,
- nondevelopment,
- obscenity,
- offensiveness,
- oversimplicity,
- oversimplification,
- pompousness,
- ponderousness,
- poor diction,
- raspiness,
- raucity,
- rawness,
- reductionism,
- ribaldry,
- ridicule,
- roughness,
- scrapiness,
- scratchiness,
- sesquipedalianism,
- sesquipedality,
- simplism,
- slipshod construction,
- stertorousness,
- stiltedness,
- tactlessness,
- tastelessness,
- the rough,
- thickness,
- throatiness,
- turgidity,
- ugliness,
- uncourtliness,
- uncouthness,
- uncultivation,
- undevelopment,
- uneuphoniousness,
- unfinish,
- unfinishedness,
- unfledgedness,
- ungallantness,
- ungentlemanliness,
- ungracefulness,
- ungraciousness,
- unmannerliness,
- unpoliteness,
- unrefinement,
- unripeness,
- unseemliness,
- unsolicitousness,
- unwieldiness,
- vulgarism,
- vulgarity