rude  /rud/

adj

1. socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

synset: ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly

2. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

synset: ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish

3. lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

synset: uncivil, rude

antonym: civil, polite

4. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"

synset: natural, raw, rude

5. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

synset: crude, primitive, rude

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