rude
//ɹuːd//
Forms
- Comparative
- ruder
- Superlative
- rudest
Definitions
1.Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
- Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.
- This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
2.Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
- She had one of the caves fitted up as a laboratory, and, although her appliances were necessarily rude, the results that she attained were, as will become clear in the course of this narrative, sufficiently surprising.
3.Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
- He is a rude person.
4.Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
- He is a rude person.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5018
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English rude
From Old French rude, ruide
From Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).