Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
a rude awakening
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
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