rude

/ru:d/
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rude

A child points out that it is rude to interrupt someone who is speaking.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Lacking civility or good manners; discourteous or impolite: Describes behavior, speech, or actions that show a lack of respect or consideration for others.
    • Primitive, crude, or simple: Describes something belonging to an early stage of development, often characterized by simplicity or a lack of refinement.
    • Vigorous, robust, or healthy: An archaic or less common usage describing a person's strong physical condition.
    • Sudden, harsh, or violent: Describes something that is abrupt, jarring, or severe in its effect.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective (impolite):
    • It is rude to interrupt someone while they are speaking.
    • He made a rude gesture to the other driver.
  • Adjective (primitive/crude):
    • The early settlers built rude shelters from logs and mud.
    • They used rude tools made of stone.
  • Adjective (sudden/harsh):
    • The loud noise was a rude awakening.
    • The company's failure came as a rude shock to its employees.
Advanced Usage
  • "In rude health": An idiomatic expression meaning in very good or robust physical health.
    • Despite his age, the old sailor was in rude health.
  • "A rude awakening": A sudden and unpleasant realization or discovery.
    • Failing the exam was a rude awakening for the student who had not studied.
Variants and Related Words
  • Rudely (adverb): In a rude manner.
    • He spoke rudely to the customer.
  • Rudeness (noun): The quality or state of being rude.
    • I will not tolerate such rudeness.
  • Crude (adjective): Similar in meaning to the 'primitive' sense of rude; also can mean vulgar.
  • Uncivil (adjective): Lacking courtesy; impolite.
Synonyms
  • Impolite: Not having or showing good manners.
  • Discourteous: Showing a lack of manners or consideration for others.
  • Unmannerly: Not well-mannered; rude.
  • Crude: In a natural or raw state; not processed or refined (synonym for the 'primitive' sense).
Related Phrases
  • Rude boy: (In Jamaican and later British subculture) A member of a group of rebellious young men, often associated with ska and reggae music.
    • The music was popular with the rude boys in the 1960s.
Idioms
  • Rude awakening: As defined in Advanced Usage.
  • In rude health: As defined in Advanced Usage.
rude

A child points out that it is rude to interrupt someone who is speaking.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. (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
  3. lacking civility or good manners
    • want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue- Willa Cather
  4. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
  5. socially incorrect in behavior
    • resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion

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