rude

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

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

   It's rude to talk with your mouth full.

2. 2
   adj

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

   The children laughed at the rude joke.

3. 3
   adj

   Sudden and unpleasant.

   Losing his job was a rude awakening.

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

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