rude
/ɹud/ adjective A1- Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous. · 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.
- Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
- Violent; abrupt; turbulent. · a rude awakening
- Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive. · a rude film· rude language
- Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
- Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
- Crudely made; primitive.
- Good, awesome.
Comparative ruder · Superlative rudest
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Instead of a rude mixture of sailors, soldiers, and those belonging to the humblest grade of life, the present assembly was composed of the very flower of Marseilles society,—magistrates who had resigned their office during the usurper’s reign; officers who had deserted from the imperial army and joined forces with Condé; and younger members of families, brought up to hate and execrate the man whom five years of exile would convert into a martyr, and fifteen of restoration elevate to the rank of a god.
“Well, all I know is, that it will be abominably rude if you do not wait on him.
Here Holmes drew a small tract, embellished with a rude engraving of the ancient Manor House, from his waistcoat pocket.
And there’s nothing rude or slangy in what she does say.
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