adjective
1.
lacking in craftsmanship or artistic finish
a rude sketch
Synonyms: angular, crude, lumpy, raw, rough, roughhewn, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unworked, unwrought
Related Word: unlicked; unprocessed; primitive, rudimental, rudimentary
Contrasted words: dressed, fashioned, finished, formed, hewn, polished, worked, wrought
2.
Synonyms: dissonant 1, cacophonic, cacophonous, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, immusical, inharmonic, inharmonious, unharmonious
3.
hastily executed and admittedly imperfect or imprecise
rude estimates for the cost of building the house
Synonyms: approximate, proximate, rough
Related Word: crude, imperfect, imprecise, inexact
Idioms: ||in the ball park
Contrasted words: accurate, correct; faultless, perfect; exact, precise; meticulous, scrupulous
4.
Synonyms: coarse 3, crass, crude, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar
5.
Synonyms: ignorant 1, benighted, empty-headed, illiterate, know-nothing, uneducated, uninstructed, unlettered, unschooled, untaught
6.
lacking in social refinement
gave a rude reply to a polite question
Synonyms: discourteous, disgracious, disrespectful, ill, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, incivil, incondite, inurbane, mannerless, ||mismannered, uncalled-for, uncivil, uncourteous, uncouth, ungracious, unhandsome, unmannered, unmannerly, unpolished
Related Word: brusque, crusty, curt, gruff; harsh; intrusive, meddlesome; crabbed, surly; boorish, churlish, clownish, loutish
Contrasted words: courteous, genteel, mannerly, polite, well-mannered; bland, diplomatic, politic, smooth, suave; affable, considerate, gracious
Antonyms: civil; urbane
7.
Synonyms: barbarian 1, barbaric, barbarous, Gothic, Hunnish, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild
8.
Synonyms: inexperienced , callow, fresh, green, inexpert, raw, unconversant, unfleshed, unpracticed, unversed