Rude

Adjective

 * 1) Bad mannered.
 * 2) Obscene, pornographic, offensive.
 * 3) Tough, robust.
 * 4) Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
 * 5) * year?, 2 Corinthians 11:6, King James Bible
 * But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
 * 1) * year?, Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops
 * When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
 * Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
 * And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
 * Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
 * 1) * 1767, Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society
 * It might be apprehended, that among rude nations, where the means of subsistence are procured with so much difficulty, the mind could never raise itself above the consideration of this subject
 * 1) Hearty, vigorous;.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:impolite

Derived terms

 * rudeness

Adverbs for Rude
coarsely; ignorantly; bitterly; boorishly; naturally; characteristically; inexcusably; unnecessarily; vulgarly; unintentionally; indefensibly; awkwardly; particularly; contemptibly; inordinately; unwittingly; colossally; shockingly; drunkenly; churlishly; disrespectfully; impudently; mischievously; moodily; morosely; coolly; unpardonably; unpleasantly;  disagreeably;   deliberately; boisterously; offensively; unconsciously; artlessly; insufferably; innately; unceremoniously.

Thesaurus
Doric, Gothic, Philistine, 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, dry, dysphemistic, earthy, embryonic, empty-headed, facy, filthy, flip, flippant, flush, fresh, functionally illiterate, gally, gauche, gaudy, 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, 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

Etymology
From <  <  rudis:, from  root.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese: 粗暴的 (cūbào de)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: uhøflig, uforskammet
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: moukkamainen, töykeä, tyly, karkea, karkeatapainen
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 無礼な (ぶれいな, burei na)
 * Korean: 버릇없는 (beoreuteomneun)
 * Latin: importunus, inhumanus, insolens
 * Norwegian: ubehøvlet,, , uforskammet
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ohövlig,
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu: మోటు (mOTu)
 * Swedish: ohövlig,
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu: మోటు (mOTu)


 * Catalan: obscè
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, ,  fræk,
 * Finnish:


 * Norwegian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: karkeatekoinen


 * Norwegian:
 * Swahili:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Latin:, inconditus


 * Norwegian:
 * Swahili:


 * : దురుసు (durusu)(2), మొరటు (moraTu)(4)

Anagrams

 * dure, rued

Noun

 * 1) pane
 * 2) window
 * 3) square
 * 4) lozenge, diamond

Noun

 * 1)  rue

Etymology 1
From rute:, from  ruta: ( Raute:), probably from  ruta:.

Etymology 2
From late rúta:, from  rude:, from  ruta:.

Adjective

 * 1) rough, harsh
 * 2) tough, hard; severe
 * 3) crude, unpolished
 * 4) hardy, tough, rugged

Etymology
Borrowed from rudis:.

Anagrams

 * dure, duré, redû

Adjective

 * 1) tough
 * 2) rough, coarse

Anagrams

 * dure