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Definitions in simple English

rude

If someone is rude or does something rude, they act in a way that will likely upset people. Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking. It's rude.

rude

(= unmannered) socially incorrect in behavior resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion (= ill-bred) (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace (= uncivil) lacking civility or good manners want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue — Willa Cather (= crude, primitive) 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 (= natural, raw) (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

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Simple sentences

It is rude to talk when your mouth is full.
Tom apologized for his son's rude behavior.
I don't want Tom to think I was being rude.
Don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her age?
That's kind of rude.
Tom is very rude to his wife but he behaves towards other people.
Tom was rude to everybody.
Tom was rude to the waitress.
He is rude and ignorant and people avoid him.
He was expelled from the school for rude manners.
How can you tolerate that rude fellow?
It is rude to speak with your hands in your pockets.
What a rude man!
It's very rude of you to say a thing like that.
It is rude of you to say so.
The clerk was dismissed on the grounds of her rude manners.
Jane is fat and rude, and smokes too much. However, Ken thinks she's lovely and charming. That's why they say love is blind.
To talk during a concert is rude.
Nothing can excuse him for such rude behavior.
I'm sorry I was so rude.
How rude of you!
I have a good mind to strike you for being so rude.
The child was told to apologize for being rude to the guests.
He should apologize for being rude to the guests.
Don't take any notice of those rude boys.
You should apologize to Mrs. Smith for your rude behavior the other night.
You are rude.

Movie subtitles

On top of me not even being aware, I have been acting extremely rude to you.
Aren't we rude?
I don't mean to be rude, but that's the sort of thing I'd expect one of the patients here to say.
To what rude boldness my indulgence leads!
Seems rather rude not to wait for Mr. Renault.
Don't you know it's very rude to stare at strangers?
Answer it yourself, lazy. - Don't be rude.
I don't want to be rude, but may I have a drink?
Sir Guy accepted our invitation. We'd be rude not to accept his.
Now, don't be rude, Horace.
I'm not rude.
You were rude to Martha.
I was not rude to Martha.
I hope I wasn't rude.
Don't be rude. He's a journalist.
Don't be rude.
How rude!
David, you shouldn't be rude.
I wasn't staring at you to be rude.
I was rude and.
We'd be rude not to accept his.
You're being rude to your guests, one in particular.
He's rude to Mme Lepic's friends, so they don't come back.
You needn't have been so rude about it.
It's rude to open a letter on which my name is first.
I'm sorry I was so rude to you yesterday.
It was so rude of me not to let you know.
Forgive me for asking you so many rude questions.
I don't want to be rude, - but he seemed a little uneven.
How rude of you.
Yet, I don't like to be rude to him.

News and current affairs

This rude interruption to their majesties' indolence by their subjects incited rage and fury and something else--fear.
The rude awakening came when property values began to decline.
Hard questions are not to be asked, and straightforward answers are considered too rude and crude to be given.
What compelled Halstead to be so rude?
So by the time Italy's six-month presidency of the EU concludes, the rude reception Berlusconi received at the European Parliament may find an echo at home.
Nevertheless, the reports about Kim's ill health hit like a rude wake-up call about the precarious nature of conditions in North Korea.
She may well get the nomination in 2016; but when she faces the Republican candidate in the election, she may be in for another rude awakening.
But the Georgia crisis provided a rude awakening.

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