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How to pronounce rude in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bad-mannered, ill-mannered, unmannered, unmannerly
Derivation rudeness
Type Words
Synonyms natural, raw


bales of rude cotton.
Type Words
Synonyms uncivil
Derivation rudeness
Type Words
Synonyms crude, primitive
Derivation rudeness


the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man.
Type Words
Synonyms bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, underbred, yokelish

Examples of rude

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Plus both companies do not know how to talk with customers, they were very rude.
From the forbes.com
They weren't aggressive or rude to me, but at the same time they weren't polite.
From the telegraph.co.uk
On his BBC1 gurn-fest This Week, he dismissed Nadine as bananas, which was rude.
From the independent.co.uk
Also it is very rude to call a woman by her surname, especially her old surname.
From the celebrity.uk.msn.com
He was crass, rude, arrogant and for a comedian perhaps he was mostly not funny.
From the orlandosentinel.com
How rude to teach your child that they can throw a temper tantrum around anyone.
From the ocregister.com
Attorneys say she's arbitrary, inexperienced, indecisive, rude and ill-tempered.
From the thenewstribune.com
The incident, while rude, only brought more exposure to the film, which is good.
From the kansas.com
That's a shame, because some of the candidates'positions deserve rude dismissal.
From the washingtonpost.com
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  • Ill-mannered: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
  • Ill-bred: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
  • Uncivil: lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
  • Natural: (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"
  • Crude: 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"
  • (rudely) impolitely: in an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely"
  • (rudeness) discourtesy: a manner that is rude and insulting
  • (rudeness) crudeness: a wild or unrefined state
  • Ru00FCde (Danish: Ryde) is a village and a former municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Mittelangeln.