rude
adjective
[ ruːd ]
• offensively impolite or bad-mannered.
• "she had been rude to her boss"
Similar:
ill-mannered,
bad-mannered,
impolite,
discourteous,
impertinent,
insolent,
impudent,
cheeky,
audacious,
presumptuous,
uncivil,
disrespectful,
unmannerly,
ill-bred,
churlish,
crass,
curt,
brusque,
blunt,
ungracious,
graceless,
brash,
unpleasant,
disagreeable,
offhand,
short,
sharp,
offensive,
insulting,
derogatory,
disparaging,
abusive,
tactless,
undiplomatic,
uncomplimentary,
uncharitable,
unchivalrous,
ungallant,
ungentlemanly,
unladylike,
malapert,
contumelious,
underbred,
mannerless,
• having a startling abruptness.
• "the war came as a very rude awakening"
• vigorous or hearty.
• "Isabel had always been in rude health"
• roughly made or done; lacking sophistication.
• "a rude coffin"
Origin:
Middle English(in rude (sense 4), also ‘uncultured’): from Old French, from Latin rudis ‘unwrought’ (referring to handicraft), figuratively ‘uncultivated’; related to rudus ‘broken stone’.
