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Definitions for Rude

[1] discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
[2] without culture, learning, or refinement: rude, illiterate peasants.
[3] rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth.
[4] rough, harsh, or ungentle: rude hands.
[5] roughly wrought, built, or formed; of a crude construction or kind: a rude cottage.
[6] not properly or fully developed; raw; unevolved: a rude first stage of development.
[7] harsh to the ear: rude sounds.
[8] without artistic elegance; of a primitive simplicity: a rude design.
[9] violent or tempestuous, as the waves.
[10] robust, sturdy, or vigorous: rude strength.
[11] approximate or tentative: a rude first calculation of costs.
[12] Fran·çois [fr ahn -swa ] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ , 1784–1855, French sculptor.
[13] insulting or uncivil; discourteous; impolite he was rude about her hairstyle
[14] lacking refinement; coarse or uncouth
[15] vulgar or obscene a rude joke
[16] unexpected and unpleasant a rude awakening to the facts of economic life
[17] roughly or crudely made we made a rude shelter on the island
[18] rough or harsh in sound, appearance, or behaviour
[19] humble or lowly
[20] (prenominal) robust or sturdy in rude health
[21] (prenominal) approximate or imprecise a rude estimate

Words related to Rude

boorish, insulting, abusive, vulgar, impolite, obscene, ignorant, coarse, surly, crude, intrusive, blunt, violent, unpleasant, harsh, uncivil, abrupt, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous

Words nearby Rude

ruddleman, ruddock, ruddy, ruddy duck, ruddy turnstone, rude, rude awakening, ruderal, rudesheimer, rudiment, rudimentary

Origin of Rude

1300–50; Middle English rude, ruide (< Old French ) < Latin rudis

Other words from Rude

rude·ly , adverb
rude·ness , noun
o·ver·rude , adjective
o·ver·rude·ly , adverb
o·ver·rude·ness , noun
un·rude , adjective
un·rude·ly , adverb

Word origin for Rude

C14: via Old French from Latin rudis coarse, unformed

Synonyms for Rude

abusive, blunt, boorish, coarse, crude, ignorant, impolite, insulting, intrusive, obscene, surly, vulgar, uncivil, abrupt, bad-mannered, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brusque, brutish, cheeky, churlish, crabbed, curt, discourteous, graceless, gross, gruff, illiterate, impertinent, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, loutish, low, offhand, peremptory, raw, savage, scurrilous, short, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, wild