Definition of Rude

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Definition of Rude

Rude

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.

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Rude Quotations

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.
Katharine Hepburn

I lapsed into rude.
Dennis Miller

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?"
Rudyard Kipling

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
Tennessee Williams

Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.
Bill O'Reilly

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
Bryan Adams

I get really saucy after a few drinks. Sexy rude, not obnoxious rude.
Katie Price

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
Rita Mae Brown

I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.
Bram Stoker

Rude Translations

rude in Dutch is onbeleefd, onheus, lomp, honds
rude in Hungarian is faragatlan, nyers, goromba
rude in Latin is rudis, incultus
rude in Spanish is insolente, rudo

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