rude (adj.)

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

    [ Syn: uncivil ]

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

    [ Syn: ill-mannered , bad-mannered , unmannered , unmannerly ]

  3. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

    [ Syn: ill-bred , bounderish , lowbred , underbred , yokelish ]

  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 ]

  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 ]

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