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Antonyms for rude
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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. rude

    Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

    Antonyms:
    civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

    Synonyms:
    atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerlyadjective

    socially incorrect in behavior

    "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

    Antonyms:
    later(a), refined, polite, processed, late

    Synonyms:
    uncivil, yokelish, unmannered, unmannerly, lowbred, natural, underbred, raw(a), ill-mannered, primitive, ill-bred, rude(a), crude, bad-mannered, bounderish

  2. ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelishadjective

    (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

    Antonyms:
    processed, late, polite, refined, later(a)

    Synonyms:
    uncivil, yokelish, unmannered, unmannerly, lowbred, natural, raw(a), primitive, ill-mannered, ill-bred, underbred, rude(a), crude, bad-mannered, bounderish

  3. uncivil, rudeadjective

    lacking civility or good manners

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

    Antonyms:
    polite, processed, late, later(a), refined

    Synonyms:
    uncivil, yokelish, unmannered, unmannerly, lowbred, natural, underbred, raw(a), ill-mannered, primitive, ill-bred, rude(a), crude, bad-mannered, bounderish

  4. natural, raw(a), rude(a)adjective

    (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"

    Antonyms:
    refined, polite, processed, late, later(a)

  5. crude, primitive, rudeadjective

    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"

    Antonyms:
    refined, later(a), processed, polite, late

    Synonyms:
    bad-mannered, ill-bred, rough, yokelish, primitive, unrefined, crude(a), underbred, rude(a), vulgar, bounderish, archaic, gross, raw, lowbred, naive, stark(a), earthy, crude, unprocessed, blunt, ill-mannered, unmannered, raw(a), unmannerly, natural, uncivil

How to use rude in a sentence?

  1. Pat Bell:

    He's not a rude person and (the Bushes) weren't raised to be rude. You have to be civil, he's a thinker and a doer. He doesn't mouth off.

  2. Sandeep Amin:

    I felt so embarrassed so I decided that it was going to be a bad birthday celebration and suggested to my wife that we would be better off leaving such a rude place.

  3. Pam Olsen:

    I'm actually very sad that she felt motivated to do that, i do not like the display. I think it's rude and it's sad that he put it up to protest the nativity that means so much to millions of people, however I don't think anyone should ever vandalize anything. Free speech is free speech whether we like it or not.

  4. Kyle Kashuv:

    First, they began berating my tweet, although neither of them had read it ; then they began aggressively asking questions about who I went to the range with, whose gun we used, about my father, etc. They were incredibly condescending and rude.

  5. Jeb Bush:

    You have to pivot towards what you want to say, and look at -- learn to interrupt in a way that doesn't sound like you're just oppressively rude, you've got to garner the space. You got to talk about what's important, and I'll do that. Whether I've got a consultant is not as relevant right now.

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