adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rude gesture
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Luke made a rude gesture with his finger.
a rude remark
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The children kept interrupting and making rude remarks.
a rude shock formal (= one that is unexpected and unpleasant but not serious )
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Shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock. The prices were breathtaking.
a rude word
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Someone had written a rude word on the back of his chair.
rude awakening (= very unpleasant surprise )
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Confident that he would win, he had a rude awakening on election day.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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But he's so rude , he seems to think his troubles are all our fault.
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He is so rude that three employees have written complaints against him.
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She's so rude and ungrateful for everything we do.
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Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?
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Stop being so rude to her father - walking out when he gives her advice.
very
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Ramsey was very rude to him in the debate.
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The techniques were sometimes very rude .
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She has been very rude and unkind to me.
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Would he think her very rude and stand-offish now?
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She ended up being very rude to the man.
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I was very rude and tactless with your grandmother.
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In conversation, he could be very rude about his colleagues.
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He was unsure of the exact translation but he knew it to be very , very rude .
■ NOUN
awakening
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The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
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This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
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But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening .
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Four months after the self-determination speech he received a rude awakening on both scores.
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Well, it was a rude awakening .
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Eric Young's tackle proved a rude awakening .
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Our first rude awakening was at Naushki for Soviet border formalities.
health
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Its record provides hard evidence to support his picture of a service in rude health rather than decline.
shock
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The case has gone against the Pings, but it was a rude shock in a world of gentlemen.
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After Monica, going to bed with Ian had been a rude shock .
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But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock .
word
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No, the rude word was not sung at the end of the fourth line but the implication was there.
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The threat was enough to stop Rita and Bob going as far as their friends with real rude words .
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The technique was developed to keep rude words off radio phone-ins.
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A bicycle is not profiled the same and the pannier bags were constantly grabbed, causing many a rude word .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are you being rude about my cooking?
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He's one of the rudest people I've ever met.
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I don't mean to be rude , but could you tell your children to keep quiet?
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I don't mean to be rude , but I have to get going.
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I don't want to hear any more of your rude jokes, Damien -- shut up.
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I know you're upset, but there's no need to be rude to your mother.
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I thought it was very rude of her not to answer my letter.
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If you are going to tell the children some of your stories make sure they aren't too rude .
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It's rude to interrupt people when they are speaking.
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She is always frank and direct, but she is never rude .
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The inhabitants lived in rude mud huts.
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What a rude man! He just ignored me when I said "Good morning".
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A no-smacking ban will not produce rude or anarchic children.
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But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock.
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Children are taught, for sound historical reasons, that to point is rude .
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Her sister, 10-year-old Claire, was amazed that people could make rude jokes and not get into trouble for it.
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It was a shockingly rude question, but Dukakis' lack of passion in fielding it was revealing.
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Other angry motorists blew their horns and flashed rude two-finger salutes when they finally managed to overtake him.
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Toward others, he could be dismissive, insensitive, rude .