Antonyms for rude

Grammar : Adj

Spell : rood

Phonetic Transcription : rud

Definition of rude

Origin : late 13c., "coarse, rough" (of surfaces), from Old French ruide (13c.) or directly from Latin rudis "rough, crude, unlearned," perhaps related to rudus "rubble." Sense of "ill-mannered, uncultured; uneducated, uncultured" is from mid-14c. Rude boy (also rudie, for short) in Jamaican slang is attested from 1967. Figurative phrase rude awakening is attested from 1895.

adj disrespectful, rough
adj crude, primitive
adj sudden; approximate

Example sentences :

The works of Dædalus are described by Pausanias as rude and uncomely in aspect.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

He was not rude in words, but oh, so different from the oily people who sold me the things.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Cheppi never was so rude to me again after you frightened him that day.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

He was rude to you, too; he never even noticed that you were in the room, after I came.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

The village was picturesque, in the variety of its edifices, though all were rude.
Extract from : « The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But this stranger who had roughly shoved against him, had not paused in his rude progress.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

The husband burst out with a rude and somewhat hollow laugh.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

There was a sound of rude voices, and a clashing of swords and staves.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

I asked, puzzled alike at his rude behavior and at his words.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

That was the only rude speech Mr. Morton had ever made to his better half.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for rude

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