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Definition of Rudeness
1. Noun. A manner that is rude and insulting.
Generic synonyms: Manner, Personal Manner
Specialized synonyms: Boorishness, Impoliteness, Ungraciousness, Incivility, Abruptness, Brusqueness, Curtness, Gruffness, Shortness, Contempt, Disrespect, Cheekiness, Crust, Freshness, Gall, Impertinence, Impudence, Insolence
Antonyms: Courtesy
Derivative terms: Rude, Rude
2. Noun. A wild or unrefined state.
Generic synonyms: Natural State, State Of Nature, Wild
Derivative terms: Crude, Crude, Crude, Crude, Primitive, Primitive, Primitive, Rude
Definition of Rudeness
1. Noun. Property of being rude. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rudeness
1. the quality of being rude [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rudeness
Literary usage of Rudeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"His rudeness to the bar. Commitment of an attorney for having said that he had
made Jeffreys Lord ... His occasional rudeness to counsel appears incredible. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Mere dictatorial rudeness and other qualities natural to an Ursa Major, as the
poet Gray used to denominate him, are not sufficient to explain the ..."
3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"Dodwell was half printed before Mr. Dodwell dyed, & y* it must not therefore be
look'd upon as a piece of rudeness to the Ashes of ye Dead, ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... in Britain than in Gaul or Spain ; and that the native rudeness of the country
and its inhabitants was covered by a thin varnish of Italian manners. ..."
5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"... great rudeness. At Trinity 1 note in Wood MS. E 33. ' added at a later date.
* the note in square brackets is from the end of the Almanac. ..."
6. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"... and make no comments on, the rudeness of the Governor. The etory, however, is
fully told by WH Sumner in Some Recollections of Washington's Visit to ..."
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