rude

a. நாகரிகன்ற்ற, திருந்தாத, இயல்பான நிலையில் உள்ள, சூதுவாதற்ற, கபடமற்ற, முரட்டுத்தனமான, கரடுமுரடாகச் செய்யப்பட்ட, பருக்கனான, நயமற்ற, கலைத்திறமற்ற, நுண்ணயமற்ற, நுணுக்கத் திறமில்லாத, கடுகடுப்பான, தடுக்கமுடியாத, திடீரெழுச்சியுடைய, திடுக்கிடச்செய்கிற, உரமான, வலிய, ஊக்கமுள்ள, துடுக்கான, அவமதிக்கிற, தவறுக்கு வருந்தாத, வெறுப்பைத் தருகிற.

Synonyms

impertinent rough shapeless unfashioned artless unpolished uncouth inelegant rustic coarse vulgar clownish raw unskilful untaught illiterate ignorant uncivil saucy impolite impudent insolent surly churlish brutal uncivilized barbarous savage violent tumultuous turbulent impetuous boisterous harsh inclement severe insulting grotesque barbaric archaic

Antonyms

modest bashful civil courteous ceremonious deferential smooth even artistic polished fashioned courtly elegant high-wrought polite accommodating considerate refined gentle peaceful culm genial balmy halcyonic serene placid modern modish fashionable

Rude, a. [Compar. Ruder; superl. Rudest.] Etym: [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship. "Rude was the cloth." Chaucer. Rude and unpolished stones. Bp. Stillingfleet. The heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. Milton. (b) Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like. "Mine ancestors were rude." Chaucer. He was but rude in the profession of arms. Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Gray. (c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. Boyle. (d) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies. (e) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like. "The rude Irish books." Spenser. Rude am I in my speech. Shak. Unblemished by my rude translation. Dryden. Syn. -- Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe. See Impertiment. -- Rude"ly, adv. -- Rude"ness, n.

rude - Similar Words

prude crude rue rud unrude trudge strude rundle rundel rudely