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Synonyms for rude
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rood |
| Phonetic Transcription : rud |
Top 10 synonyms for rude Other synonyms for the word rude
- abrupt
- angular
- artless
- bad-mannered
- barbarian
- barbaric
- barbarous
- brusque
- brutish
- callow
- cheeky
- churlish
- crabbed
- curt
- discourteous
- formless
- fresh
- graceless
- green
- gross
- gruff
- guessed
- illiterate
- imperfect
- impertinent
- imprecise
- impudent
- in the ballpark
- inartistic
- inconsiderate
- inelegant
- inexact
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- insolent
- loutish
- low
- makeshift
- obscene
- offhand
- peremptory
- primal
- proximate
- raw
- rough
- roughhewn
- roughly made
- rudimental
- rudimentary
- savage
- scurrilous
- shapeless
- sharp
- short
- simple
- startling
- stormy
- surly
- surmised
- turbulent
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- unconversant
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- uneducated
- unfashioned
- unfinished
- unformed
- ungracious
- unhewn
- unmannerly
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unprecise
- unprocessed
- unrefined
- violent
- vulgar
- wild
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rude
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