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Meaning of 'rude' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rude [ superl.]
- Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
- Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.
- Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.
- Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.
- Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.
- Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.

Meaning of 'rude' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rude [ a]
Meaning (1):
- lacking civility or good manners
Example in sentence:
  • want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue
2 . rude [ s]
Meaning (2):
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Example in sentence:
  • bales of rude cotton;
  • natural produce;
  • natural yogurt;
  • raw sugar;
  • raw wool
Meaning (3):
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Example in sentence:
  • primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains;
  • primitive movies of the 1890s;
  • the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
Meaning (4):
- socially incorrect in behavior
Example in sentence:
  • resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion

Nearby Words:

rud rudd rudder rudderhead rudderhole rudderless rudderpost rudderstock ruddied ruddily

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