rude

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective socially incorrect in behavior
  2. adjective (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
  3. adjective lacking civility or good manners; - Willa Cather

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

ill-mannered, bad-mannered, unmannered, unmannerly

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