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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUDE, a. [L. rudis. The sense is probably rough, broken, and this word may be allied to raw and crude.]
1. rough; uneven; rugged; unformed by art; as rude workmanship, that is, roughly finished; rude and unpolished stones.
2. Rough; of coarse manners; unpolished; uncivil; clownish; rustic; as a rude countryman; rude behavior; rude treatment; a rude attack.
Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch.
3. Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; turbulent; as rude winds; the rude agitation of the sea.
4. violent; fierce; impetuous; as the rude shock of armies.
5. Harsh; inclement; as the rude winter.
6. Ignorant; untaught; savage; barbarous; as the rude natives of America or of New Holland; the rude ancestors of the Greeks.
7. Raw; untaught; ignorant; not skilled or practiced; as rude in speech; rude in arms.
8. Artless; inelegant; not polished; as a rude translation of Virgil.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: ill-mannered, bad- mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly]
2: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish]
3: lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather [syn: uncivil, rude] [ant: civil, polite]
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" [syn: natural, raw, rude]
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" [syn: crude, primitive, rude]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (ruder; rudest) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin rudis; probably akin to Latin rudus rubble Date: 14th century 1. a. being in a rough or unfinished state ; crude <rude line illustrations> b. natural, raw <rude cotton> c. primitive, undeveloped <peasants use rude wooden plows — Jack Raymond> d. simple, elemental <landscape done in rude whites, blacks, deep browns — Richard Harris> 2. lacking refinement or delicacy: a. ignorant, unlearned b. inelegant, uncouth c. offensive in manner or action ; discourteous d. uncivilized, savage e. coarse, vulgar 3. marked by or suggestive of lack of training or skill ; inexperienced <rude workmanship> 4. robust, sturdy <in rude health> 5. occurring abruptly and disconcertingly <a rude awakening> • rudely adverb Synonyms: rude, rough, crude, raw mean lacking in social refinement. rude implies ignorance of or indifference to good form; it may suggest intentional discourtesy <rude behavior>. rough is likely to stress lack of polish and gentleness <rough manners>. crude may apply to thought or behavior limited to the gross, the obvious, or the primitive <a crude joke>. raw suggests being untested, inexperienced, or unfinished <turning raw youths into polished performers>.

Britannica Concise

French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome in 1812 but was prevented from going to Rome by the Napoleonic Wars. His early work was in the Neoclassical tradition, but he was uncomfortable within its restrictions and soon adopted a dynamic, emotional style. An ardent Bonapartist, he is best known for Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 (1833-36), on the Arc de Triomphe; popularly called La Marseillaise, it catches the martial spirit of the Napoleonic era.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a person, remark, etc.) impolite or offensive. 2 roughly made or done; lacking subtlety or accuracy (a rude plough). 3 primitive or uneducated (rude chaos; rude simplicity). 4 abrupt, sudden, startling, violent (a rude awakening; a rude reminder). 5 colloq. indecent, lewd (a rude joke). 6 vigorous or hearty (rude health). Phrases and idioms: be rude to speak impolitely to; insult. Derivatives: rudely adv. rudeness n. rudery n. rudish adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L rudis unwrought

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rude Rude, a. [Compar. Ruder; superl. Rudest.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. --Milton. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship. ``Rude was the cloth.'' --Chaucer. Rude and unpolished stones. --Bp. Stillingfleet. The heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. --Milton. (b) Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like. ``Mine ancestors were rude.''

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ruder, rudest) 1. When people are rude, they act in an impolite way towards other people or say impolite things about them. He's rude to her friends and obsessively jealous... ? polite ADJ: oft ADJ to/about n • rudely I could not understand why she felt compelled to behave so rudely to a friend. ADV: usu ADV with v • rudeness She was angry at Steve's rudeness, but I could forgive it. N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss 2. Rude is used to describe words and behaviour that are likely to embarrass or offend people, because they relate to sex or to body functions. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use dirty) Fred keeps cracking rude jokes with the guests... = obscene ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. If someone receives a rude shock, something unpleasant happens unexpectedly. It will come as a rude shock when their salary or income-tax refund cannot be cashed. ADJ: ADJ n • rudely People were awakened rudely by a siren just outside their window. ADV: ADV with v 4. rude awakening: see awakening

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rood: Not "impolite" in English Versions of the Bible (except perhaps 2 Macc 12:14), but "untrained," "ignorant"; compare the modern phrase, "a rude drawing." So Sirach 8:4 (apaideutos) and 2Co 11:6 (idiotes, `though I lack technical training in rhetoric'); compare the King James Version and the Revised Version margin Sirach 21:24.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Rough, rugged, coarse, uneven, shapeless, unfashioned, unformed, unwrought, crude, ill-formed. 2. Artless, unpolished, raw, inelegant, crude, rustic. 3. Coarse, uncouth, vulgar, clownish, loutish, boorish, ungraceful, uncivilized, untrained, unskilful, unskilled, untutored, untaught, undisciplined, ignorant, barbarous, illiterate, savage. 4. Uncivil, uncourteous, brusk, rough, coarse, blunt, bluff, impolite, impudent, impertinent, saucy, insolent, insulting, ill-bred, surly, currish, gruff, churlish, brutal, uncivilized, barbarous, savage. 5. Violent, fierce, impetuous, inclement, boisterous, tumultuous, harsh, severe, turbulent. 6. Fierce, impetuous, violent.

Moby Thesaurus

Doric, Gothic, Philistine, angular, approximate, arrested, artless, awkward, backward, barbaric, barbarous, bare, baseborn, basic, bawdy, below the salt, benighted, biggety, bluff, bold, bookless, boorish, bouncing, brash, brassy, brazen, brusque, bumbling, cacophonic, cacophonous, callow, cheeky, choked, churlish, chutzpadik, clownish, clumsy, coarse, cockney, cocky, common, commonplace, contemptuous, crabbed, cracked, crass, croaking, croaky, crude, crusty, curt, deceived, derisive, dirty, discordant, discourteous, disharmonic, disharmonious, disrespectful, doggerel, dry, dysphemistic, earthy, embryonic, empty-headed, facy, filthy, flip, flippant, flush, fresh, functionally illiterate, gally, gauche, gaudy, graceless, grammarless, gratuitous, green, gross, gruff, guttural, hale, hale and hearty, hardy, harsh, harsh-sounding, hearty, heathen, hoarse, homely, homespun, hoodwinked, humble, husky, ill, ill-bred, ill-educated, ill-mannered, illiterate, imperfect, impertinent, impolite, imprecise, improper, impudent, impure, in bad taste, in embryo, in ovo, in the rough, inaccurate, inaffable, inartistic, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, inexact, inexpert, infelicitous, inharmonic, inharmonious, insolent, insulting, intrusive, inurbane, know-nothing, led astray, lewd, loud, loutish, low, lowborn, lowbred, lowbrow, lowly, lubricious, lubricous, lumpy, lusty, makeshift, malapert, mannerless, mean, meddlesome, meretricious, metallic, misinformed, misinstructed, misshapen, mistaught, naughty, nervy, nonclerical, nonintellectual, oafish, obscene, offensive, ordinary, outlandish, outrageous, oversimple, pagan, pert, plain, plebeian, pornographic, primitive, proximate, ragged, raucid, raucous, raw, reductionistic, reductive, ribald, robust, robustious, robustuous, rough, rough-hewn, roughcast, roughhewn, roupy, rudimental, rudimentary, rugged, sassy, saucy, savage, shabby-genteel, simple, simplistic, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smutty, squawking, squawky, stalwart, stertorous, stout, strangled, strong, stunted, sturdy, surly, taboo, tactless, tasteless, thick, third-estate, throaty, tinny, unaccommodating, unblown, unbooked, unbookish, unbooklearned, unbriefed, uncalled-for, unceremonious, uncivil, uncivilized, uncomplaisant, unconversant, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, uncut, underdeveloped, undeveloped, undignified, undressed, unedified, uneducated, unerudite, uneuphonious, unfashioned, unfelicitous, unfinished, unformed, ungallant, ungenteel, ungentlemanly, ungraceful, ungracious, unguided, unhandsome, unharmonious, unhewn, uninstructed, unintellectual, unlabored, unladylike, unlearned, unlettered, unlicked, unliterary, unmannered, unmannerly, unpolished, unpolite, unpracticed, unprocessed, unread, unrefined, unscholarly, unschooled, unseemly, unskilled, unstudious, untaught, untreated, untutored, unversed, unworked, unwrought, vigorous, vital, vulgar, wild, wise-ass