Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The property of being rude.

    His rudeness was inexcusable.

    The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.

    Grobheit, Unhöflichkeit

    гру́бостьgrúbostʹ, неве́жливостьnevéžlivostʹ

    гру́бістьhrúbistʹ, невві́чливістьnevvíčlyvistʹ, нече́мністьnečémnistʹ

    a manner that is rude and insulting

  2. (countable, uncountable)A rude remark or behaviour.

    I'm sick of his rudenesses.

    grobe Bemerkung, grobes Benehmen, unhöfliches Benehmen

    гру́бістьhrúbistʹ

Examples

55 sentences
  1. You should apologize for your rudeness.

    ruВы должны извиниться за грубость. — odexed

  2. Let me apologize for my rudeness.

  3. I couldn't put up with his rudeness.

    deIch konnte mich nicht mit seiner Grobheit abfinden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I was rendered speechless by his rudeness.

  5. He apologized to me for his rudeness.

    ruОн извинился передо мной за свою грубость. — Hellerick

    deEr entschuldigte sich bei mir für seine Unhöflichkeit. — Lars224

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
property of being rude:
Русский
By meaning 1
property of being rude:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
property of being rude:
a rude remark or behaviour:

Origin

From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude + -ness.

From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude + -ness.

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Forms

plural: rudenesses
Singularrudeness
Pluralrudenesses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrude

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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