Meanings
noun'tude (countable and uncountable, plural 'tudes)
plural 'tudes · alternative tude
- UScountableslanguncountableAttitude, especially one of arrogance or hostility; swagger.
Hey. No reason for you to cop a ’tude on me just because she dumped you.
1 more example
Julie and her bandmate Jon Spencer were slightly scary, I remember, all black clothes with tons of ’tude.
2015, Kim Gordon, chapter 37, in Carrie Thornton, editor, Girl in a Band, New York: Dey st., →ISBN, page 205
Origin
Apheretic form of attitude.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with 'tude
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APA
'tude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'tude
MLA
“'tude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'tude. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'tude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'tude.
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