rude
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rude
- /ɹuːd/ UK
- /ɹud/ Canada, US
- /ɹʉːd/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like rood, rued · Rhymes with -uːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
adjective ruder · rudest
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Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
Similar: ill-mannered
- Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw. But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
- Violent; abrupt; turbulent. a rude awakening
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Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
a rude film
Similar: adult
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Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
Similar: primitive
- Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health. A comfortable house for a rude and hardy race, that lived mostly out of doors, was once made here almost entirely of such materials as Nature furnished ready to their hands.
- Crudely made; primitive. For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines.
- Good, awesome.
- Sexy, hot, overtly attractive. Now the girl's rude, I know she's rude/But she's screwed right through you, you'll be on your knees soon
Similar: uncouth, impolite, blue, pornographic, crude
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unmannered, ill-mannered, impolite, unmannerly, ill-bred, underbred, uncivil, lowbred, unrefined, crude, bounderish, raw, unprocessed, yokelish, natural, primitive
adjective
Similar: uncouth, impolite, blue, pornographic, crude
Translations
Every language
adj bad-mannered
| Español | rudo, grosero, soez, patasucia, maleducado, cerril |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버릇없다 beoreudeopda, 무례하다 muryehada |
| 日本語 | 無礼な burei na, 失礼 shitsurei |
| 中文 | 粗暴 cūbào, 無禮 /无礼 wúlǐ |
| हिन्दी | उद्दंड uddaṇḍ, बदतमीज़ badtamīz |
| Kiswahili | jeuri |
| Português | rude, estúpido, grosseiro, grosso |
| Français | impoli, malpoli |
| Deutsch | grob, unhöflich, frech, unverschämt, garstig |
| Italiano | rude, maleducato |
| Ελληνικά | αγενής agenís |
| Română | nepoliticos |
| Русский | гру́бый grúbyj, неве́жливый nevéžlivyj, де́рзкий dérzkij, невоспи́танный nevospítannyj |
| العربية | فَظّ faẓẓ |
| עברית | גַּס gas, גַּס רוּחַ gas rúaḥ |
adj obscene, pornographic, offensive
| Kiswahili | jeuri |
|---|---|
| Português | vulgar, obsceno |
| Italiano | oscena, offensivo |
| Ελληνικά | βρώμικος vrómikos |
| Русский | неприли́чный neprilíčnyj, по́шлый póšlyj |
| עברית | גַּס gas, בּוֹטֶה boté |
adj undeveloped, unskilled, basic
| Português | rudimentar |
|---|---|
| Русский | неотёсанный neotjósannyj, сыро́й syrój |
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title = {rude},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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