rudeness
rude
(ro͞od)adj. rud·er, rud·est
1. Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting: was offended by his rude behavior.
2.
a. Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive: a rude and savage land.
b. Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill: a rude thatched hut.
c. In a natural, raw state: bales of rude cotton.
3. Unpleasantly forceful or harsh: faced rude winds; received a rude shock.
4. Chiefly British Vigorous or robust: in rude health.
5. Archaic Lacking education or refinement: "They were so rude and ignorant ... that very little could be learned from them" (Samuel Johnson).
[Middle English, from Old French, unrefined, harsh, from Latin
rudis, in a natural state, crude, ignorant; possibly akin to
rūdus, rubble; see ruderal.]
rude′ly adv.
rude′ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | rudeness - a manner that is rude and insulting boorishness - the manner of a rude or insensitive person impoliteness - a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage contempt, disrespect - a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous |
| 2. | rudeness - a wild or unrefined state natural state, state of nature, wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" |
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rudeness
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rudeness
nounThe state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:
assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, sassiness, sauciness.
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Translations
وَقاحَه
hrubost
grovhed
otrombaság
ruddaskapur
grobost
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rudeness
n
(= harshness: of shock) → Härte f
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rude
(ruːd) adjective1. not polite; showing bad manners. rude behaviour.
2. vulgar; indecent. rude pictures.
ˈrudely adverbˈrudeness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.