Dictionary

rudeness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being rude.
   • His rudeness was inexcusable.
   • The woman who deliberately yelled out in the second set, when Henin was about to serve at 5-3 for the championship, was the epitome of the absolute self-centered rudeness that was exhibited at the Open, as well as in our society today. 2007 September 16, “Letters to the Editor”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2021:
   • The house was apparently very old; it had an almost prehistoric look about it, so rude and weatherbeaten was it, but the rudeness of the masonry and the lichening of the stones were no real indications of antiquity […] 1892, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine, page 230:
   • The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.
2. (countable, uncountable) A rude remark or behaviour.
   • I'm sick of his rudenesses.

Forms

Translations (46)

uk гру́бість (property of being rude) · bg грубост (property of being rude) · fr impolitesse (property of being rude) · el αγένεια (property of being rude) · tr kabalık (property of being rude) · ru неве́жливость (property of being rude) · uk гру́бість (a rude remark or behaviour) · mr उर्मटपणा (property of being rude) · de grobes Benehmen (a rude remark or behaviour) · ga boirbe (property of being rude) · ro impolitețe (property of being rude) · ro necuviință (property of being rude) · pt grosseria (property of being rude) · de grobe Bemerkung (a rude remark or behaviour) · it villania (property of being rude) · ny mbwinya (property of being rude) · nl botheid (property of being rude) · cmn 失禮 /失礼 (property of being rude) · ja 失礼 (property of being rude) · fi karkeakäytöksisyys (property of being rude) · fi töykeys (property of being rude) · es grosería (property of being rude) · de Unhöflichkeit (property of being rude) · fi epäkohteliaisuus (property of being rude) · fo óflýggjaskapur (property of being rude) · cmn 粗魯 /粗鲁 (property of being rude) · de Grobheit (property of being rude) · hy անքաղաքավարություն (property of being rude) · fo ófólkaligur atburður (a rude remark or behaviour) · mr उद्धटपणा (property of being rude) · eo malĝentilo (property of being rude) · cmn 無禮 /无礼 (property of being rude) · hy կոպտություն (property of being rude) · uk нече́мність (property of being rude) · nl grofheid (property of being rude) · ga drochmhúineadh (property of being rude) · mi āhuaatua (property of being rude) · es ordinariez (property of being rude) · ru гру́бость (property of being rude) · pdt Groffheit (property of being rude) · de unhöfliches Benehmen (a rude remark or behaviour) · ja 無礼 (property of being rude) · uk невві́чливість (property of being rude) · hi अशिष्टता (property of being rude) · gd mì-mhodh (property of being rude) · uk неви́хованість (property of being rude)