rude
/ɹud/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason."
- "Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her."
- "Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy distress? Or else a rude despiser of good manners, That in civility thou seem'st so empty?"
- "[S]he was rude to Sir James sometimes; but he is so kind, he never noticed it."
- "But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge"
- "Though not as shee with Bow and Quiver armd, But with such Gardning Tools as Are yet rude, Guiltless of fire had formd, or Angels brought […]"
Etymology
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rude, rudis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹud/
- British English: /ɹuːd/