rude

adjective

1. 1

   Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.

   This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.

   Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.

   Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy distress? Or else a rude despiser of good manners, That in civility thou seem'st so empty?

   [S]he was rude to Sir James sometimes; but he is so kind, he never noticed it.

2. 2

   Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.

   But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge

   Though not as shee with Bow and Quiver armd, But with such Gardning Tools as Are yet rude, Guiltless of fire had formd, or Angels brought […]

   It might be apprehended, that among rude nations, where the means of subsistence are procured with so much difficulty, the mind could never raise itself above the consideration of this subject

   She had one of the caves fitted up as a laboratory, and, although her appliances were necessarily rude, the results that she attained were, as will become clear in the course of this narrative, sufficiently surprising.

3. 3

   Violent; abrupt; turbulent.

   a rude awakening

   The Air attrite to Fire, as late the Clouds Justling or pusht with Winds rude in thir shock

   All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.

4. 4

   Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

   a rude film

   rude language

5. 5

   Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.

6. 6

   Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.

   A comfortable house for a rude and hardy race, that lived mostly out of doors, was once made here almost entirely of such materials as Nature furnished ready to their hands.

7. 7

   Crudely made; primitive.

   For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines.

8. 8

   slangGood, awesome.

9. 9

   slangSexy, hot, overtly attractive.

   Now the girl's rude, I know she's rude/But she's screwed right through you, you'll be on your knees soon

Forms

comparative

ruder

superlative

rudest