rude
1. socially incorrect in behavior (Freq. 2)
- resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion
• Syn:
ill-mannered, bad-mannered, unmannered, unmannerly
• Similar to:
impolite
• Derivationally related forms:
rudeness
2. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, underbred, yokelish
• Similar to:
unrefined
3. lacking civility or good manners
- "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
• Syn:
uncivil
• Ant:
civil (for: uncivil)
• Derivationally related forms:
rudeness
• Attrubites:
civility
4. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
- natural yogurt
- natural produce
- raw wool
- raw sugar
- bales of rude cotton
• Syn:
natural, raw
• Similar to:
unprocessed
5. belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
- the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
- primitive movies of the 1890s
- primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
• Syn:
crude, primitive
• Similar to:
early
• Derivationally related forms:
rudeness, primitiveness (for: primitive), crudeness (for: crude), crudity (for: crude)
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