Rudeness
['rʊdnɪs]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Roughness, ruggedness.[2]. Inelegance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness.[3]. Coarseness, incivility, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness, currishness, presumption, effrontery, face, assurance, front, brass, CHEEK, ill-breeding.[4]. Violence, boisterousness, severity, inclemency.
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Examples
- There, you are less than civil now; and I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This was Miss Maria's return for George's rudeness about the Battle of Prague. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is— Thank you, I don't want to hear your opinion of Miss Dengelton, said Crispin haughtily; your primeval simplicity at times verges on rudeness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- All evening, though I tried to think of other things, my mind would still turn to the apparition at the window and the rudeness of the woman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Darcy felt their rudeness, and immediately said: This walk is not wide enough for our party. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He said, with much rudeness, that I might put the manuscript on his table and he would look at it, certainly, if I desired it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A lesson in politeness, suggested Mr. Hall, who was ever for peace; not an example of rudeness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Please forgive my rudeness, and come and dance with me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is a piece of rudeness to stare at anybody, and it is an act of indelicacy to stare at a gentleman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At all events, that restlessness has made England what she is, replied the Rector, rather nettled at the rudeness of the Greek. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The only notice he took of Crispin's rudeness was to raise his eyebrows in mocking surprise. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- With all my rudeness and inattention I could not get rid of Lord Frederick Beauclerc. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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