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Meaning of rude

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rude
      adj 1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at
             such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: {ill-mannered}, {bad-
             mannered}, {rude}, {unmannered}, {unmannerly}]
      2: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {ill-bred},
         {bounderish}, {lowbred}, {rude}, {underbred}, {yokelish}]
      3: lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but
         to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather [syn:
         {uncivil}, {rude}] [ant: {civil}, {polite}]
      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" [syn: {natural}, {raw(a)}, {rude(a)}]
      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" [syn: {crude}, {primitive},
         {rude}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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