Antonyms for rude
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1. rude

   Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

   Antonyms:
   civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

   Synonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

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1. rude

   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

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

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1. ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerlyadjective

   socially incorrect in behavior

   "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

   Antonyms:
   later(a), refined, polite, processed, late

   Synonyms:
   uncivil, yokelish, unmannered, unmannerly, lowbred, natural, underbred, raw(a), ill-mannered, primitive, ill-bred, rude(a), crude, bad-mannered, bounderish

2. ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelishadjective

   (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

   Antonyms:
   processed, late, polite, refined, later(a)

   Synonyms:
   uncivil, yokelish, unmannered, unmannerly, lowbred, natural, raw(a), primitive, ill-mannered, ill-bred, underbred, rude(a), crude, bad-mannered, bounderish

3. uncivil, rudeadjective

   lacking civility or good manners

   "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

   Antonyms:
   polite, processed, late, later(a), refined

   Synonyms:
   uncivil, yokelish, unmannered, unmannerly, lowbred, natural, underbred, raw(a), ill-mannered, primitive, ill-bred, rude(a), crude, bad-mannered, bounderish

4. natural, raw(a), rude(a)adjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   refined, polite, processed, late, later(a)

5. crude, primitive, rudeadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   refined, later(a), processed, polite, late

   Synonyms:
   bad-mannered, ill-bred, rough, yokelish, primitive, unrefined, crude(a), underbred, rude(a), vulgar, bounderish, archaic, gross, raw, lowbred, naive, stark(a), earthy, crude, unprocessed, blunt, ill-mannered, unmannered, raw(a), unmannerly, natural, uncivil

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1. rudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   crude, unpolished, raw, rough, indelicate, unrefined, coarse, undisciplined, uncivilized, inelegant, inartistic, artless, uncivil, discourteous, inurbane, impolite, romping, hoidenish, boisterous, turbulent, violent, inclement, tumultuous, unwrought, unfashioned

How to use rude in a sentence?

1. Dan Gainor:

   Can you imagine The New York Times running an essay where a white woman complains about how African-American men are rude and then blames it on race? The paper and the author would be skewered, the left's new default is that white people are doing wrong at every turn -- even walking down the street.

2. Jared Taylor:

   I consider it rude, I don't condone it, but it's obviously not a hate crime.

3. Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez:

   In the OAS, we announced that if these intrusive, arbitrary, illicit, misdirected and rude actions were to persist against the sovereignty of our country, we would immediately proceed to denounce the letter of OAS and to initiate the definite withdrawal of Venezuela form this regional organization.

4. Stephen Richer:

   This has been a very rude awakening into what politics has become. And if I'm not part of it four years from now, so be it. I can do other things that'll make me happy, what prompted me now ? I am tired of my people -- who are good people, who are my friends -- being defamed. It's just not right.

5. RJ intindola:

   Do not humiliate, disrespect or embarrass; always speak with a soft tongue when holding your ground. To be loud, rude and obnoxious will negate the argument and advantage. And truth is always mandatory.

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