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rude

rude is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 11 senses

Definitions

  1. 1superlative

    Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

  2. 2superlative

    Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.

  3. 3superlative

    Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.

  4. 4superlative

    Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.

  5. 5superlative

    Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.

  6. 6superlative

    Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.

  7. 7adjective

    socially incorrect in behavior

    "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

  8. 8adjective

    lacking civility or good manners- Willa Cather

    "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"

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  9. 9adjective

    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"

  10. 10adjective

    (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

  11. 11adjective

    (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

    "natural yogurt"

    "natural produce"

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