rude

A2 Topic:Describing People

US /ɹud/ UK /ɹuːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2464

Meanings

1

adj
Not polite; behaving in a way that upsets or offends other people.

It's rude to talk with your mouth full.
2

adj
Connected with sex or the body in a way some people find offensive.

The children laughed at the rude joke.
3

adj
Sudden and unpleasant.

Losing his job was a rude awakening.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not polite; behaving in a... ill-manneredimpolite

More blue crude obscene pornographic uncouth

Word family

Forms ruderrudest

Derived forms overruderudeboyrudefemrudefulrudelingrudely rudenessruderyrudesbyrudesomerudishrudity

Related forms erudite erudition rudiment rudimentary

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Phrases (1)

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unnecessarily rude
Impolite to a degree or in a situation where there is no need for it.

Adverb + adjective

Simplified etymology

Rude came into Middle English through Old French from Latin rudis, “unfinished, roughly made, or uncultivated.” Its medieval senses included “uneducated,” “roughly made,” and “impolite”; the specifically embarrassing or offensive sense, especially concerning sex, appeared in the early 20th century.

Etymology

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

rude Middle English rudis Latin

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Topics

Describing People

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# rude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɹud/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹuːd/
**Frequency rank:** 2464

## Meanings
1. Not polite; behaving in a way that upsets or offends other people.
2. Connected with sex or the body in a way some people find offensive.
3. Sudden and unpleasant.

## Examples
- It's rude to talk with your mouth full.
- The children laughed at the rude joke.
- Losing his job was a rude awakening.

## Synonyms
- blue
- crude
- impolite
- obscene
- pornographic
- uncouth

## Derived Forms
- overrude
- rudeboy
- rudefem
- rudeful
- rudeling
- rudely
- rudeness
- rudery
- rudesby
- rudesome
- rudish
- rudity

## Related Forms
- erudite
- erudition
- rudiment
- rudimentary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rude
- Root: rudis

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

## AI Etymology
Rude comes from Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”). Modern senses include not polite; behaving in a way that upsets or offends other people. and connected with sex or the body in a way some people find offensive.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as overrude, rudeboy, rudefem, rudeful, rudeling, and rudely and related forms such as erudite, erudition, rudiment, and rudimentary.

## Topics
- Describing People

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