rude
Lacking in refinement or civilityLacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
» I'm sorry I was so rude.
Es tut mir leid, dass ich so unhöflich war. — Zaghawa
Es tut mir leid, dass ich so grob war. — Zaghawa
Извиняюсь, что был так груб. — FeuDRenais
Прости, что был так груб. — marafon
Простите, что был так груб. — marafon
Прости, что была так груба. — marafon
Простите, что была так груба. — marafon
Перепрошую, що я був такий грубий. — deniko
Перепрошую, що я була така груба. — deniko
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9 sensesLacking 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
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
a rude awakening
Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
a rude film
rude language
неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, по́шлыйpóšlyj
Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
неотёсанныйneotjósannyj, сыро́йsyrój
Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
кре́пкийkrépkij
Crudely made; primitive.
(Multicultural London English, slang)Good, awesome.
(Multicultural London English, slang)Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.
Examples
765 sentencesI'm sorry I was so rude.
Перепрошую, що я був такий грубий. — deniko
ruИзвиняюсь, что был так груб. — FeuDRenais
deEs tut mir leid, dass ich so unhöflich war. — Zaghawa
Tom was very rude to Mary.
Том був дуже грубий з Мері. — deniko
ruТом был очень груб с Мэри. — Biga
deTom war sehr unhöflich zu Maria. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't want to be rude.
Я не хочу бути грубим. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу быть грубым. — Selena777
deIch möchte nicht unhöflich sein. — raggione
Tom didn't mean to be rude.
Том не хотів здатися неввічливим. — deniko
I shouldn't have been so rude.
Мені не слід було бути настільки грубим. — deniko
deTom hätte nicht so unhöflich sein sollen. — raggione
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
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Origin
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rudeFrom Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
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Forms
ruder, rudestSynonyms
17 synonyms- lacking civility or good manners:uncivil
- socially incorrect in behavior:ill-manneredbad-manneredunmanneredunmannerly
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness:crudeprimitive
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes:naturalraw
- (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace:ill-bredbounderishlowbredunderbredyokelish
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.