Meaning & Definition of Rude in English

1. Socially incorrect in behavior

• "Resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

2. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

3. Lacking civility or good manners

• "Want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- willa cather

4. (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"

5. 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"