rudeness

  • 1Rudeness — (also called impudence or effrontery) is the disrespect and failure to behave within the context of a society or a group of people s social laws or etiquette. These laws have already unspokenly been established as the essential boundaries of… …

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  • 2rudeness — index contempt (disobedience to the court), contumely, disparagement, disregard (lack of respect), disrespect, ingratitude, rebuff …

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  • 3rudeness — n. 1) to display, show rudeness 2) rudeness to * * * show rudeness to display rudeness to …

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  • 4rudeness — noun Property of being rude. His rudeness was inexcusable …

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  • 5rudeness — Roughness; incivility; violence. Touching another with rudeness may constitute a battery …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6rudeness — rude ► ADJECTIVE 1) offensively impolite or ill mannered. 2) referring to sex in a way considered improper and offensive. 3) very abrupt: a rude awakening. 4) chiefly Brit. vigorous or hearty: rude health. 5) dated roughly made or done; lacking… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7Rudeness — Rude Rude, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster] Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8rudeness — noun Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being rude 2. a rude action …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9rudeness — See rudely. * * * …

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  • 10rudeness — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, bad manners, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, bombasticness, brashness, brassiness, brazenfacedness, brazenness, cacology, cacophony, caddishness, callowness, cheekiness, clumsiness, coarseness,… …

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