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adjective, rud·er, rud·est.

discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.

without culture, learning, or refinement: rude, illiterate peasants.

rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth.

rough, harsh, or ungentle: rude hands.

roughly wrought, built, or formed; of a crude construction or kind: a rude cottage.

not properly or fully developed; raw; unevolved: a rude first stage of development.

harsh to the ear: rude sounds.

without artistic elegance; of a primitive simplicity: a rude design.

violent or tempestuous, as the waves.

robust, sturdy, or vigorous: rude strength.

approximate or tentative: a rude first calculation of costs.

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Origin of rude

1300–50; Middle English rude, ruide (<Old French ) <Latin rudis

synonym study for rude

1, 3. See boorish. 6. See raw.

OTHER WORDS FROM rude

rudely, adverbrudeness, nouno·ver·rude, adjectiveo·ver·rude·ly, adverb

o·ver·rude·ness, nounun·rude, adjectiveun·rude·ly, adverb

Words nearby rude

ruddleman, ruddock, ruddy, ruddy duck, ruddy turnstone, rude, rude awakening, ruderal, Rüdesheimer, rudiment, rudimentary

Other definitions for rude (2 of 2)

noun

Fran·çois [frahn—swa], /frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1784–1855, French sculptor.

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Words related to rude

abusive, blunt, boorish, coarse, crude, ignorant, impolite, insulting, intrusive, obscene, surly, vulgar, harsh, unpleasant, violent, uncivil, abrupt, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous

How to use rude in a sentence

  • The protesters were asked to leave “after they removed their masks and became disruptive and rude to other shoppers,” she said.

  • The pandemic has given some businesses a rude awakening about their dependence on China.

  • In the latest edition of our Confessions series, in which we exchange anonymity for candor, the managing director of one of those businesses explains why its agencies are in rude health.

  • When they’re citing this statute, or a disorderly conduct statute, what they’re really getting citations for is people being rude to cops in the eyes of a police officer.

  • So my question is a very rude one, and I ask your forgiveness in advance.

  • But below the surfaces of many of his films, rude, angry sex simmered; cool, icy blondes were tied up, handcuffed, humiliated.

  • At another press event earlier this year, she was asked a similar question to the “very rude” one.

  • Communist-era clerks were famously rude and indifferent, because they had no motive to make people happy.

  • But if I could live in an economy where everyone had the privilege to be rude rather than the obligation to fake it, I would.

  • The rude coat-check lady gives you a mask to wear over your face, and then you are sent down some stairs.

  • Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.

  • There appears a rude attempt to picture the mouth cavity and to show those interesting accessories, the teeth.

  • Many of them however are of rude workmanship and might have been fashioned by some of the tribe unacquainted with pipe-making.

  • La saison estoit rude, & les vents le plus souvent contraires.

  • On the upper part of each of these posts was a rude carving of a hideous human face with prominent teeth.

British Dictionary definitions for rude

adjective

insulting or uncivil; discourteous; impolitehe was rude about her hairstyle

lacking refinement; coarse or uncouth

vulgar or obscenea rude joke

unexpected and unpleasanta rude awakening to the facts of economic life

roughly or crudely madewe made a rude shelter on the island

rough or harsh in sound, appearance, or behaviour

humble or lowly

(prenominal) robust or sturdyin rude health

(prenominal) approximate or imprecisea rude estimate

Derived forms of rude

rudely, adverbrudeness or informal rudery, noun

Word Origin for rude

C14: via Old French from Latin rudis coarse, unformed

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1

a

: being in a rough or unfinished state : crude

2

: lacking refinement or delicacy:

3

: marked by or suggestive of lack of training or skill : inexperienced

5

: occurring abruptly and disconcertingly

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for rude

rude, rough, crude, raw mean lacking in social refinement.

rude implies ignorance of or indifference to good form; it may suggest intentional discourtesy.

rough is likely to stress lack of polish and gentleness.

crude may apply to thought or behavior limited to the gross, the obvious, or the primitive.

raw suggests being untested, inexperienced, or unfinished.



turning raw youths into polished performers

Example Sentences



I was shocked by her rude behavior.



I can’t believe that he was so rude to me.



I heard someone make a rude noise.

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin rudis; probably akin to Latin rudus rubble

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler

The first known use of rude was
in the 14th century

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Источник

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹuːd/, /ɹɪʊ̯d/ enPR: ro͞od
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹud/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹʉːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd
  • Homophones: rood, rued

Adjective[edit]

rude (comparative ruder, superlative rudest)

  1. Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.

    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.

    • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

      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?

    • 1871-72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, ch 6:
      [S]he was rude to Sir James sometimes; but he is so kind, he never noticed it.
  2. Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.

    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

      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 […]

    • 1767, Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society:

      It might be apprehended, that among rude nations, where the means of subsistence are procured with so much difficulty, the mind could never raise itself above the consideration of this subject

    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

      She had one of the caves fitted up as a laboratory, and, although her appliances were necessarily rude, the results that she attained were, as will become clear in the course of this narrative, sufficiently surprising.

    • 1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops
      When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden’s green and gold,
      Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
      And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
      Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, «It’s pretty, but is it Art?»

    • 1983 [1981], Crowley, John, “The Fairies’ Parliment”, in Little, Big, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 583:

      There was a rude bridge there, much fallen, where floating branches caught and white water swirled; […]

  3. Violent; abrupt; turbulent.

    a rude awakening

    • 1577, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9:
      The Air attrite to Fire, as late the Clouds
      Justling or pusht with Winds rude in thir shock
  4. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

    a rude film

    rude language

  5. Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
  6. Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
    • 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden Pond, Economy:
      A comfortable house for a rude and hardy race, that lived mostly out of doors, was once made here almost entirely of such materials as Nature furnished ready to their hands.
  7. Crudely made; primitive.
    • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, Chapter 1
      For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (bad-mannered): ill-mannered, uncouth; see Thesaurus:impolite
  • (obscene, pornographic, offensive): adult, blue; see also Thesaurus:obscene or Thesaurus:pornographic
  • (undeveloped): primitive; see Thesaurus:crude

Derived terms[edit]

  • rude word
  • rudely
  • rudeness
  • rudesby
  • rudish

[edit]

  • erudite
  • erudition
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary

Translations[edit]

bad-mannered

  • American Sign Language: Open8@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp Open8@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُهَذِّب‎ (ḡayr muhaḏḏib)
    Egyptian Arabic: غليز‎ (ḡalīz)
  • Armenian: կոպիտ (hy) (kopit)
  • Belarusian: гру́бы (hrúby)
  • Bulgarian: груб (bg) (grub), невъзпи́тан (bg) (nevǎzpítan)
  • Catalan: rude (ca), bast (ca), malcarat
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 冇禮貌／冇礼貌 (mou5 lai5 maau6)
    Mandarin: 粗暴 (zh) (cūbào), 無禮／无礼 (zh) (wúlǐ)
  • Czech: sprostý (cs), drzý (cs), hrubý (cs)
  • Danish: uhøflig (da), uforskammet
  • Dutch: grof (nl), onbeschoft (nl)
  • Esperanto: malafabla
  • Estonian: jäme
  • Finnish: moukkamainen (fi), töykeä (fi), tyly (fi), karkea (fi), karkeatapainen, julkea (fi)
  • French: impoli (fr), malpoli (fr)
  • Galician: groseiro
  • Georgian: უზრდელი (uzrdeli), უხეში (uxeši), უკმეხი (uḳmexi)
  • German: grob (de), unhöflich (de), frech (de), unverschämt (de), garstig (de)
  • Greek: αγενής (el) m (agenís)
  • Hebrew: גַּס‎ (he) (gas), גַּס רוּחַ‎ (he) (gas rúaḥ)
  • Hindi: ढीठ (hi) (ḍhīṭh), गुस्ताख़ (gustāx)
  • Hungarian: durva (hu)
  • Irish: mímhúinte, borb, míbhéasach, drochmhúinte, drochbhéasach
  • Italian: rude (it), maleducato (it) m
  • Japanese: 無礼な (ja) (ぶれいな, burei na), 失礼 (ja) (しつれい, shitsurei)
  • Kalmyk: модьрун (modĭrun)
  • Korean: 버릇없다 (ko) (beoreudeopda), 무례하다 (ko) (muryehada)
  • Latin: importūnus m, inhūmānus m, insolens m or f
  • Lithuanian: grubus
  • Macedonian: груб (grub), нево́спитан (nevóspitan), др́зок (dŕzok)
  • Malay: lucah
  • Maori: āhuaatua, harehare
  • Marathi: उद्धट (mr) (uddhaṭ), उर्मट (mr) (urmaṭ)
  • Norman: apèrt (Jersey)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: uforskammet (no)
  • Occitan: rude (oc)
  • Pashto: شډل‎ (ps) (šaḍal), بدمخی‎ (ps) (badmëxay)
  • Persian: بی‌ادب‎ (fa) (bi-adab), پررو‎ (fa) (por-ru), گستاخ‎ (fa) (gostâx)
  • Plautdietsch: onheeflich
  • Polish: nieuprzejmy (pl), chamski (pl), grubiański (pl)
  • Portuguese: rude (pt), estúpido (pt), grosseiro (pt), grosso (pt)
  • Romagnol: cafôn, vilân
  • Romanian: nepoliticos (ro)
  • Russian: гру́бый (ru) (grúbyj), неве́жливый (ru) (nevéžlivyj), де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), невоспи́танный (ru) (nevospítannyj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: др̏зак, не̏присто̄јан
    Roman: dȑzak (sh), nȅpristōjan (sh)
  • Slovak: hrubý, drzý
  • Slovene: nesrámen (sl)
  • Spanish: rudo (es), grosero (es), descortés (es), soez (es)
  • Swahili: jeuri (sw)
  • Swedish: ohövlig (sv), oförskämd (sv), fräck (sv)
  • Tagalog: bastos
  • Telugu: మోటు (te) (mōṭu)
  • Turkish: kaba (tr), küstah (tr)
  • Ukrainian: гру́бий (hrúbyj)
  • Urdu: ڈھیٹھ‎ (ḍhīṭh), بے اَدَب‎ (be-adab), گُسْتاخ‎ (gustāx)

obscene, pornographic, offensive

  • Bulgarian: неприли́чен (bg) m (neprilíčen), поква́рен (bg) (pokváren)
  • Catalan: obscè (ca) m
  • Czech: sprostý (cs)
  • Danish: vulgær (da), sjofel, fræk, grov
  • Estonian: rõve
  • Finnish: rivo (fi), hävytön (fi), säädytön (fi)
  • Greek: βρώμικος (el) (vrómikos)
  • Hebrew: גַּס‎ (he) m (gas), בּוֹטֶה‎ (he) m (boté)
  • Italian: oscena (it) f, offensivo (it) m
  • Macedonian: непри́личен (nepríličen)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: grov (no)
  • Polish: obsceniczny (pl), nieprzyzwoity (pl)
  • Portuguese: vulgar (pt), obsceno (pt)
  • Russian: неприли́чный (ru) (neprilíčnyj), по́шлый (ru) (póšlyj)
  • Swahili: jeuri (sw)
  • Tagalog: bastos

tough, robust

  • Bulgarian: бу́ен (bg) (búen), си́лен (bg) (sílen), невъздъ́ржан (bg) (nevǎzdǎ́ržan)
  • Catalan: robust (ca)
  • Finnish: karkeatekoinen (fi)
  • Hebrew: גַּס‎ (he) m (gas)
  • Macedonian: си́лен (sílen), бу́ен (búen)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: grov (no)
  • Pashto: شډل‎ (ps) (šaḍal)
  • Russian: кре́пкий (ru) (krépkij)
  • Swahili: jeuri (sw)

undeveloped, unskilled, basic

  • Bulgarian: прост (bg) (prost), суро́в (bg) (suróv), необрабо́тен (bg) (neobrabóten)
  • Catalan: bast (ca) m
  • Finnish: karkea (fi), kehittymätön (fi), taitamaton (fi), osaamaton (fi), alkeellinen (fi)
  • Latin: rudis m or f, inconditus m
  • Macedonian: прост (prost), су́ров (súrov), необра́ботен (neobráboten)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: rå (no)
  • Portuguese: rudimentar (pt)
  • Russian: неотёсанный (neotjósannyj) (uncouth, of a person), сыро́й (ru) (syrój) (e.g. a sketch)

Further reading[edit]

  • rude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “rude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • rude at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams[edit]

  • Duer, dure, rued, urdé, ured

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rudis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈru.də/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈru.de/

Adjective[edit]

rude (masculine and feminine plural rudes)

  1. uncultured, rough

Derived terms[edit]

  • rudement
  • rudesa

Further reading[edit]

  • “rude” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ruːdə/, [ˈʁuːðə]
  • Rhymes: -uːðə

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta (German Raute (“rhomb”)), probably from Latin rūta (“rue”).

Noun[edit]

rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)

  1. pane
  2. window
  3. square
  4. lozenge, diamond
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From late Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German rūde, from Latin rūta (“rue”).

Noun[edit]

rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)

  1. (botany) rue (various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta)
Inflection[edit]

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French rude, a borrowing from Latin rudis (“unwrought”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʁyd/

Adjective[edit]

rude (plural rudes)

  1. rough, harsh
    • March 28 1757, Robert-François Damiens, facing a horrific execution
      «La journée sera rude.» («The day will be rough.»)
  2. tough, hard; severe
  3. bitter, harsh, sharp (of weather)
  4. crude, unpolished
  5. hardy, tough, rugged
  6. (informal) formidable, fearsome

Derived terms[edit]

  • esprit rude
  • mettre à rude épreuve
  • rudement

Further reading[edit]

  • “rude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams[edit]

  • dure, duré, redû

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).

Noun[edit]

rude f (plural rudis)

  1. rue, common rue (Ruta graveolens)

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rudis, rudem.

Adjective[edit]

rude

  1. tough
  2. rough, coarse

References[edit]

  • “rude” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI — ILGA 2006–2013.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rudis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.de/
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Hyphenation: rù‧de

Adjective[edit]

rude (invariable)

  1. tough
  2. rough, coarse

Derived terms[edit]

  • rudemente

Anagrams[edit]

  • dure

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rude

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of rudis

References[edit]

  • rude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

rude

  1. Alternative form of rudden

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rudis.

Adjective[edit]

rude m or f

  1. (Jersey) rough

Derived terms[edit]

  • rudement

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.dɛ/
  • Rhymes: -udɛ
  • Syllabification: ru‧de
  • Homophone: rudę

Adjective[edit]

rude

  1. inflection of rudy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rudis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁu.d͡ʒi/ [ˈhu.d͡ʒi]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁu.d͡ʒi/ [ˈχu.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁu.de/ [ˈhu.de]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁu.d(ɨ)/ [ˈʁu.ð(ɨ)]
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
  • Hyphenation: ru‧de

Adjective[edit]

rude m or f (plural rudes)

  1. rude; bad-mannered
    Synonyms: brusco, grosseiro, mal-educado

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

rude f pl

  1. plural of rudă

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rude

  1. inflection of rud:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun[edit]

rude (Cyrillic spelling руде)

  1. inflection of ruda:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak[edit]

Noun[edit]

rude

  1. dative/locative singular of ruda

Venetian[edit]

Noun[edit]

rude

  1. plural of ruda
Источник

Other forms: rudest; ruder

Rude describes a type of behavior that isn’t appropriate and usually isn’t very nice, either — like yelling «You stink!» at a children’s talent show.

Rude refers to bad behavior or just plain bad manners. For example, children are taught to say «please» and «thank you» or they are considered rude. A rude person needs a little work — rude also means crude or basic, like a rude cabin out in the woods that barely keeps the rain out. It can be a sudden realization, too. If you wake up and see your breath, it’s a rude awakening that the heat’s not working.

Definitions of rude

  1. adjective

    belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

    synonyms:

    crude, primitive

    early

    being or occurring at an early stage of development

  2. adjective

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

    “bales of
    rude cotton”

    synonyms:

    natural, raw

    unprocessed

    not altered from an original or natural state

  3. adjective

    socially incorrect in behavior

  4. adjective

    (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

    synonyms:

    bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, underbred, yokelish

    unrefined

    (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

  5. adjective

    lacking civility or good manners

    synonyms:

    uncivil

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    Antonyms:

    civil, polite

    not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others

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грубый, неприличный, невежливый, резкий, сырой, невоспитанный, внезапный

прилагательное ↓

- грубый, невежливый; оскорбительный

rude reply — грубый ответ 
rude remarks — грубые замечания 
to be rude to smb. — грубить кому-л., оскорблять кого-л. 

- невоспитанный; неучтивый

it was very rude of you to have kept me waiting — с вашей стороны было очень невежливо заставлять меня ждать 
would it be rude to ask when they are likely to leave? — не будет ли бестактностью спросить их, когда они собираются уезжать? 

- примитивный, некультурный

our rude forefathers — наши первобытные предки 
peoples still in a rude state of civilization — народы, находящиеся ещё на низкой ступени цивилизации 

- необработанный, неотделанный; сырой

cotton in its rude state — хлопок в необработанном виде 

- грубо сделанный, топорный

rude implements — грубо сделанные орудия 

- неотшлифованный, неотделанный

rude language [style] — грубая /корявая/ речь [-ый слог] 
rude drawings — незаконченные /неотделанные/ рисунки 

- дикий, необработанный

rude rocks — дикие скалы 

- бурный (о море)
- сильный (о ветре)
- резкий, неприятный (о звуке)
- внезапный

rude shock — внезапный удар 
rude reminder — неожиданное напоминание 

- крепкий (о здоровье)

in rude health — крепкий, здоровый 
rude awakening — глубокое разочарование; утрата иллюзий 

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I don’t want to appear rude. 

Я не хочу показаться грубым.

He answered me very rudely. 

Он ответил мне очень грубо.

It’s rude to stare. 

Пялиться — нехорошо.

It’s rude to point at people. 

Некрасиво показывать на людей пальцем.

I was shocked by her rude behavior. 

Я был потрясен её грубым /неприличным, оскорбительным/ поведением.

She replied to me in a very rude manner. 

Она ответила мне очень грубо.

How could you be so rude? Have you no shame? 

Как можно было себя так грубо /неприлично/ вести? Совесть у тебя есть?

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

The shoppers were snappish and rude.  

…an unsociable but not an overtly rude child…  

…our incult ancestors, who dwelt in rude huts…  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

rudeness  — грубость
rudiment  — рудимент, зачаток, элементарные знания, начатки, рудиментарный орган
rudely  — грубо

Формы слова

adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): ruder
прев. степ. (superlative): rudest

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