rudeadjective
uk/ruːd/us/ruːd/rude adjective (NOT POLITE)
B1 not polite; offensive or embarrassing:
He's a very rude man.
It's rude not to say "Thank you" when you are given something.
He's got no manners - he's rude to everyone.
B2 relating to sex or going to the toilet:
He told a rude joke/story.
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- She made a rude gesture at the other driver.
- You won't last long in your job if you carry on being so rude to the customers.
- I've heard him be rude to her on a number of occasions.
- You get the odd person who's rude to you but they're generally quite helpful.
- I found him rude and uncooperative.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rude and cheeky
- backchat
- bold
- cheeky
- chutzpah
- cocksure
- cocky
- fruity
- gobby
- impertinent
- liberty
- lippy
- mouthy
- neanderthal
- offensive
- personally
- presumptuous
- sass
- sick
- smart mouth
- unpleasant
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rude adjective (SUDDEN)
[ before noun ] sudden and unpleasant:
We had a rude awakening (= unpleasant shock) when we saw our phone bill.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not expected or planned
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- adventitious
- against (all) the odds/against all odds idiom
- explosive
- involuntary
- it's just one of those things idiom
- just like that idiom
- make sth up as you go along idiom
- muddle
- sharply
- spur
- summary
- unawares
- undreamed of
- unexpected
- unforeseen
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Serious and unpleasant
rude adjective (SIMPLE)
old use or literary simply and roughly made:
We built a rude shelter from rocks on the beach.
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Crude and basic
- 101
- at bottom idiom
- backward
- bare
- basic
- bottom
- crude
- homespun
- low-tech
- Mickey Mouse
- primal
- primordial
- rough
- rudimentary
- rustic
- simple
- skeletal
- stone-age
- vanilla
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rudely
adverb uk/ˈruːd.li/us/ˈruːd.li/
C1
She rudely interrupted my speech.
The news rudely pushed her into the glare of world-wide publicity.
rudeness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈruːd.nəs/us/ˈruːd.nəs/