Synonyms for rude

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1. Boorish

   coarse, rough, uncouth, gauche, rustic, ungainly, awkward, lubberly, crude, vulgar, gross, crass, unrefined, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, uncivilized, blunt, rugged, barbarous, lumpish, ungraceful, hulking, loutish, oafish, antic, rowdy, disorderly, rowdyish, brutish, clownish, stupid, untrained, indecorous, unknowing, untaught, slovenly, ill-bred, inelegant, ignorant, inexpert, illiterate, clumsy, gawky, slouching, graceless, ungraceful, lumbering, green, unacquainted, unenlightened, uneducated, indecent, ribald, homely, common, outlandish, disgraceful, inappropriate, hayseed*, hick*.

   Antonyms cultured*, urbane, suave.

2. Not polite

   impolite, discourteous, ill-mannered, uncivil, churlish, sullen, surly, sharp, harsh, gruff, brusque, blunt, abrupt, tactless, curt, short, snappish, snarling, ungracious, unkind, ungentle, truculent, crabbed, sour, disdainful, unmannerly, improper, shabby, ill-chosen, ungentlemanly, fresh, abusive, forward, loud, loud-mouthed, boorish, bold, brazen, audacious, brash, arrogant, supercilious, blustering, crass, raw, saucy, impudent, pert, unabashed, contumelious, sharp-tongued, mocking, barefaced, insolent, impertinent, offensive, uncalled-for, vituperative, naughty, hostile, insulting, nasty, disrespectful, scornful, flippant, presumptuous, sarcastic, defiant, outrageous, imperious, swaggering, disparaging, contemptuous, unfeeling, insensitive, scoffing, scurrilous, disagreeable, domineering, overbearing, high-handed, self-assertive, brutal, severe, hard, cocky, bullying, cheeky, nervy, assuming, dictatorial, magisterial, officious, meddling, intrusive, meddlesome, acrimonious, bitter, uncivilized, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, snippy*, sassy*, flip*, snotty*, snooty*, brassy*, uppity*, crusty*, bold as brass*.

   Antonyms polite*, courteous, mannerly.

3. Harsh

   rough, violent, stormy; see turbulent.

4. Approximate

   guessed, surmised, imprecise; see approximate.

5. Coarse

   rough, roughhewn, unpolished, ill-proportioned; see crude 1.

6. Primitive

   ignorant, uncivilized, barbarous; see primitive 3.

rude, in this comparison, implies a deliberate lack of consideration for others' feelings and connotes, especially, insolence, impudence, etc. it was rude of you to ignore your uncle; ill-mannered suggests ignorance of the amenities of social behavior rather than deliberate rudeness a well-meaning but ill-mannered fellow; boorish now connotes insensitivity and is applied to one who is rude or ill-mannered in a coarse, loud, or overbearing way; impolite implies merely a failure to observe the forms of polite society it would be impolite to leave so early; discourteous suggests a lack of dignified consideration for others a discourteous reply; uncivil implies a disregarding of even the most elementary of good manners her uncivil treatment of the waiter