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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

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
Alexander Chase

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.
Dick Wolf

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

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

Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.
Mick Mars

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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