rudeness
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈruːdnəs/
:
crudeza
- And although the Vietnam War and the alleged rudeness of boorish travelers bore the brunt of much anti-American feeling, soldiers and tourists were convenient targets but not the primary causes of a backlash against the United States.
Examples
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Her weight loss had placed her body in the public domain, and people were free now to stare and remark upon her; they had been excused from the normal boundaries of rudeness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Gerston had never liked the rudeness of what used to be called the lower classes and now weren't referred to at all.
Fiction book (1999) -
Home video and eventually DVD also taught us something else: A new form of rudeness.
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I was not invited into their secret club and was reminded of those early years when rudeness and isolation could still make me cry.
Fiction book (1996) -
Behind rudeness
Fiction book (2000) -
The rudeness and exploitation you see in Kazakhstan is the local version of exactly the same thing we have here; only here it is much more institutionalized.
Blog text (12) -
Dissolving into the rudeness of the alphabet, the sign will fade like a bleached flag.
Fiction book (1991) -
He recalled the skulls in the courtyard and gave the old man latitude for rudeness.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lady carrying a bag of sheets might disturb the lady entering the Morgan Library more by remaining and staring, not by calling out, which could be dismissed as just vulgar rudeness.
Academic text (1990) -
His rudeness to the waiter shocked everyone at the table.
Synonyms
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1.6
Rude behavior that breaks normal social rules
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4.8
A direct and honest way of speaking that can seem rude
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7.9
Rude behavior that shows no politeness
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6.4
Rudeness or crude behavior that shows little politeness
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3.9
Noisy or violent behavior that shows little control
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5.5
Rude actions that show no respect for other people
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8.1
Rude words or actions that show little respect for other people
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7.9
A short, direct way of speaking that often seems rude
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6.3
Rude, vulgar, or insensitive behaviour that upsets people
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8.1
Rude, insensitive behavior that ignores good manners
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4.1
Rude or disrespectful behavior toward other people
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5.2
A rude, sudden way of speaking or behaving
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7.0
A harsh, rude manner or tone that offends people
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7.0
A short, rude way of speaking that sounds unfriendly
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9.9
Rude, selfish actions that hurt or upset other people
Rude actions that show a lack of politeness
Being rude and not polite to other people
How Refined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rudeness originally meant being 'rough' or not worked on, from the Latin root rudis, the same root you see in rudimentary ('basic'). That is why we can use rudeness to talk about something in an unrefined or 'raw' state.