adj. Function: adjective
1 lacking in craftsmanship or artistic finish FF1C; a rude sketch FF1E;
Synonyms: angular, crude, lumpy, raw, rough, roughhewn, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unworked, unwrought
Related Words: unlicked; unprocessed; primitive, rudimental, rudimentary
Contrasted Words: dressed, fashioned, finished, formed, hewn, polished, worked, wrought
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Synonyms: DISSONANT 1, cacophonic, cacophonous, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, immusical, inharmonic, inharmonious, unharmonious
3 hastily executed and admittedly imperfect or imprecise FF1C; rude estimates for the cost of building the house FF1E;
Synonyms: approximate, proximate, rough
Related Words: crude, imperfect, imprecise, inexact
Idioms: ||in the ball park
Contrasted Words: accurate, correct; faultless, perfect; exact, precise; meticulous, scrupulous
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Synonyms: COARSE 3, crass, crude, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar
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Synonyms: IGNORANT 1, benighted, empty-headed, illiterate, know-nothing, uneducated, uninstructed, unlettered, unschooled, untaught
6 lacking in social refinement FF1C; gave a rude reply to a polite question FF1E;
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 Words: 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
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Synonyms: BARBARIAN 1, barbaric, barbarous, Gothic, Hunnish, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild
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Synonyms: INEXPERIENCED , callow, fresh, green, inexpert, raw, unconversant, unfleshed, unpracticed, unversed