rude
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Example
“This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.”
Other meanings
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
“a rude awakening”
Related words
- overrude
- rudeboy
- rudefem
- rudeful
- rudeling
- rudery
- rudesome
- rudity
- unrude
- rude awakening
- rude boy
- rude word
Word history
From Latin "rudis" (rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rude” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.