Antonyms for rudeness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rood |
| Phonetic Transcription : rud |
Definition of rudeness
Origin :- late 13c., "coarse, rough" (of surfaces), from Old French ruide (13c.) or directly from Latin rudis "rough, crude, unlearned," perhaps related to rudus "rubble." Sense of "ill-mannered, uncultured; uneducated, uncultured" is from mid-14c. Rude boy (also rudie, for short) in Jamaican slang is attested from 1967. Figurative phrase rude awakening is attested from 1895.
- noun impoliteness
- noun insolence
- Trenton was amazed at the rudeness of this reply, and his face flushed with anger.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- I laughed, for I did not care to show myself offended with her rudeness.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- The rudeness of your whole behaviour this evening has been disgraceful.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Her unparallel'd rudeness shall not compel me to leave the house, till I please.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- I hope, Theodorus, that I am not betrayed into rudeness by my love of conversation?
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- Margaret followed her to ask whether Henry knew about Miss Avery's rudeness.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Rudeness affected Margaret like a bitter taste in the mouth.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- He must take what punishment I choose for his rudeness to me.
- Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- He was rude, but it was not his rudeness that most annoyed her.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude.
- Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
Synonyms for rudeness
- acrimony
- arrogance
- asperity
- audacity
- bad manners
- barbarity
- bluntness
- boldness
- boorishness
- brass
- cheek
- coarseness
- contumely
- crudeness
- crudity
- discourtesy
- disdain
- disrespect
- effrontery
- grossness
- harshness
- impertinence
- impudence
- incivility
- insolence
- intrusiveness
- irritability
- misbehavior
- nerve
- officiousness
- sass
- shamelessness
- sharpness
- tactlessness
- ungraciousness
- unkindness
- unmannerliness
- vulgarity
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