rude Definition

rude
adj

1. Impolite; bad-mannered; discourteous.

Thesaurus: impertinent, ill-mannered, insolent, fresh, blunt, brusque, churlish, surly, gruff, crass, arrogant, supercilious; Antonym: polite, courteous, gracious, civil.
2. Roughly made; lacking refinement or polish.

Example: build a rude shelter
3. Ignorant, uneducated or primitive.

Thesaurus: boorish, coarse, raw, crude, rustic, barbarous, awkward, clumsy, indecorous, graceless, common, vulgar, illiterate; Antonym: cultured, urbane, suave.
4. Sudden and unpleasant.

Example: a rude awakening
5. Vigorous; robust.

Example: rude health
6. Vulgar; indecent.

Example: a rude joke

Derivative: rudely
adj

Derivative: rudeness

Being rude.

Rude language or behaviour.

Derivative: rudery
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French, from Latin rudis unwrought, rough.