rude
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
Inflected forms:
form: ruder
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: rudest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
pos: adj
examples: This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.
Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy distress?
Or else a rude despiser of good manners,
That in civility thou seem'st so empty?
[S]he was rude to Sir James sometimes; but he is so kind, he never noticed it.
gloss: Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
pos: adj
examples: But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
Though not as shee with Bow and Quiver armd,
But with such Gardning Tools as Are yet rude,
Guiltless of fire had formd, or Angels brought […]
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
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.
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?"
There was a rude bridge there, much fallen, where floating branches caught and white water swirled; […]
gloss: Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
pos: adj
examples: a rude awakening
The Air attrite to Fire, as late the Clouds
Justling or pusht with Winds rude in thir shock
All night no ruder air perplex
⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright
⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light
Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.
gloss: Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
pos: adj
examples: a rude film
rude language
gloss: Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
pos: adj
gloss: Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Crudely made; primitive.
pos: adj
examples: For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines.
gloss: Good, awesome.
pos: adj
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
gloss: Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.
pos: adj
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
examples: Now the girl's rude, I know she's rude/But she's screwed right through you, you'll be on your knees soon
Synonyms: uncouth
impolite
blue
pornographic
crude
Related words: erudite
erudition
rudiment
rudimentary
Derived words: overrude
rude awakening
rudeboy
rude boy
rudefem
rudeful
rudeling
rudely
rudeness
rudery
rudesby
rudesome
rude word
rudish
rudity
unrude
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