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)

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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.