Meaning

9 senses
  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.

    grob, unhöflich, frech

    гру́быйgrúbyj, неве́жливыйnevéžlivyj, де́рзкийdérzkij

    гру́бийhrúbyj

    lacking civility or good manners

  2. Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.

    (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

  3. Violent; abrupt; turbulent.

    a rude awakening

  4. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

    a rude film

    rude language

    неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, по́шлыйpóšlyj

  5. Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.

    неотёсанныйneotjósannyj, сыро́йsyrój

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

    кре́пкийkrépkij

  7. Crudely made; primitive.

  8. (Multicultural London English, slang)Good, awesome.

  9. (Multicultural London English, slang)Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.

Examples

765 sentences
  1. I'm sorry I was so rude.

    Перепрошую, що я був такий грубий.

    ruИзвиняюсь, что был так груб.

    deEs tut mir leid, dass ich so unhöflich war.

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  2. Tom was very rude to Mary.

    Том був дуже грубий з Мері.

    ruТом был очень груб с Мэри.

    deTom war sehr unhöflich zu Maria.

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  3. I don't want to be rude.

    Я не хочу бути грубим.

    ruЯ не хочу быть грубым.

    deIch möchte nicht unhöflich sein.

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  4. Tom didn't mean to be rude.

    Том не хотів здатися неввічливим.

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  5. I shouldn't have been so rude.

    Мені не слід було бути настільки грубим.

    deTom hätte nicht so unhöflich sein sollen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bad-mannered:
Русский
By meaning 4
bad-mannered:
obscene, pornographic, offensive:
undeveloped, unskilled, basic:
tough, robust:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bad-mannered:

Origin

From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude

From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).

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Forms

ruder, rudest
Comparativeruder Lesson
Superlativerudest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
obscene, pornographic:adultA2
undeveloped:primitiveB1
bad-mannered:ill-mannered
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was rude to
  • was very rude
  • being being rude
  • was so rude
  • very rude to
  • rude to point
  • so rude to
  • rude behavior
  • being rude to
  • having been rude
  • would be rude
  • rude to customers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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