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1. Socially incorrect in behaviour
   "resentment flared at such a rude intrusion";
   - ill-mannered, bad-mannered, unmannered, unmannerly
    
2. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
   "I did not know I contradicted anybody in calling your mother rude";
   - ill-bred, bounderish [Brit, archaic], lowbred, underbred, yokelish, clodhopping [informal]
    
3. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
   "bales of rude cotton";
   - natural, raw
    
4. Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
   "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";
   - crude, primitive
    
5. Lacking civility or good manners
   "want nothing from you but to get away from your rude tongue";
   - uncivil
    
6. [Brit] Good and vigorous
   "in rude health"

Sounds like: rubles, r, rude, roo

Derived forms: ruder, rudest

See also: civility, early, impolite, unprocessed, unrefined

Antonym: civil

Encyclopedia: Rude, Crude, and Unattractive