rude

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Only this time it was more of a rather rude demand, not so much of a request.

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Quick take

socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rude gathered in one view.

adjective

socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

adjective

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

adjective

lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rude.

adjective

socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

adjective

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

adjective

lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

adjective

(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"

adjective

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"

Example sentences

Only this time it was more of a rather rude demand, not so much of a request.

Shocked!Is it rude to think these employees laid down with dogs and are bitching about fleas?

When sending a VSR that might otherwise be rude, I just add "Sent from my iPhone" at the bottom.

They've never filed tax returns for the past 8 years, but it's "rude" for the IRS to do something about it?

What's worse is that even when you do notice a pattern, it's harder to address than a rude remark.

Heather, I agree that people are unnecessarily rude to you.

What you find to be rude or inattentive is considered polite in some European countries.

In fact, if the instructors assigned him were slacking on the job he would be likely to shape them up by asking rude questions.

All that proves is that being perpetually rude and having terrible people skills isn't a deal-breaker in corporate America.

Every agent I spoke too was borderline rude and confrontational, and had the worst broken English of any oversees call center I've dealt with.

What do you want?We want women to shut up and stop telling us that there's a problem with how we behave, because it's rude to tell people there's something innately wrong with their behavior.

The Mizuho person seems to be offended by Karpeles' rude Japanese, which frequently lacks the correct honorifics that would be expected in a business setting.

When someone with a good reputation and the means to broadcast it speaks negatively about someone, it matters much more than someone who is routinely rude, frequently negative, or unknown.

There's certainly nothing rude about pointing out a relevant and possibly non-obvious truth: military life is so distinct from civilian life that it may result in drastically different perspectives about what it means to be free.

As was shown on a recent post - Linus reverted to swearing in his native tongue because English wasn't sufficiently rude enough for him, and those who let the fuckup slip through all admitted their fault and identified that they would take steps to ensure it didn't happen again.

He's just been stating the obvious all this time!- NSA surveillance!- Hadn't anyone heard about Echelon?- He stands for freedom of users!- But users don't care about those freedoms, they just want something that works!- He's antisocial and extremely rude!- Autism spectrum.- But he's not diplomatic at all, we don't want him as a spokesperson for Open Source!- It's GNU/Linux, not Linux.- See?