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RUDENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manner that is rude and insulting
Synonyms:
discourtesy; rudeness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rudeness" is a kind of...):
manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rudeness"):
boorishness (the manner of a rude or insensitive person)
impoliteness (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)
ungraciousness (an offensive lack of good manners)
incivility (deliberate discourtesy)
abruptness; brusqueness; curtness; gruffness; shortness (an abrupt discourteous manner)
contempt; disrespect (a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous)
cheekiness; crust; freshness; gall; impertinence; impudence; insolence (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)
Derivation:
rude (socially incorrect in behavior)
rude (lacking civility or good manners)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wild or unrefined state
Synonyms:
crudeness; crudity; primitiveness; primitivism; rudeness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rudeness" is a kind of...):
natural state; state of nature; wild (a wild primitive state untouched by civilization)
Derivation:
rude (belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness)
Context examples:
She knew not how such an offence as hers might be classed by the laws of worldly politeness, to what a degree of unforgivingness it might with propriety lead, nor to what rigours of rudeness in return it might justly make her amenable.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
