rude meaning and definition

RUDE adjective

Definition of rude (adjective)

1. socially incorrect in behavior
   • "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
   • synonyms: bad-mannered, ill-mannered, unmannered, unmannerly
2. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
   • synonyms: bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, underbred, yokelish
3. lacking civility or good manners
   • "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
   • synonyms: uncivil
   • antonym: civil
4. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
   • "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"
   • synonyms: natural, raw
5. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
   • "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
   • synonyms: crude, primitive