Meanings
plural rudenesses
- countableuncountableThe property of being rude.
His rudeness was inexcusable.
3 more examples
The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.
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 230The 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 - countableuncountableA rude remark or behaviour.
I'm sick of his rudenesses.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna wild or unrefined state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishrudenesse
- Englishrudeness
From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude + -ness.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian грубост
- грубост (grubost)property of being rude
Chinese Mandarin 無禮 /无礼, 粗魯 /粗鲁
- 無禮 /无礼 (wúlǐ)property of being rude
- 粗魯 /粗鲁 (cūlǔ)property of being rude
- 失禮 /失礼 (shīlǐ)property of being rude
Dutch grofheid, botheid
- grofheidproperty of being rude
- botheidproperty of being rude
Esperanto malĝentilo
- malĝentiloproperty of being rude
Finnish töykeys, epäkohteliaisuus
- töykeysproperty of being rude
- epäkohteliaisuusproperty of being rude
- karkeakäytöksisyysproperty of being rude
French impolitesse
- impolitesseproperty of being rude
German Grobheit, Unhöflichkeit
- Grobheitproperty of being rude
- Unhöflichkeitproperty of being rude
- grobe Bemerkunga rude remark or behaviour
- grobes Benehmena rude remark or behaviour
- unhöfliches Benehmena rude remark or behaviour
Greek αγένεια
- αγένεια (agéneia)property of being rude
Hindi अशिष्टता
- अशिष्टता (aśiṣṭatā)property of being rude
Irish boirbe, drochmhúineadh
- boirbeproperty of being rude
- drochmhúineadhproperty of being rude
Italian villania
- villaniaproperty of being rude
Japanese 無礼, 失礼
- 無礼 (burei)property of being rude
- 失礼 (shitsurei)property of being rude
Māori āhuaatua
- āhuaatuaproperty of being rude
Portuguese grosseria
- grosseriaproperty of being rude
Romanian impolitețe, necuviință
- impolitețeproperty of being rude
- necuviințăproperty of being rude
Russian гру́бость, неве́жливость
- гру́бость (grúbostʹ)property of being rude
- неве́жливость (nevéžlivostʹ)property of being rude
Scottish Gaelic mì-mhodh
- mì-mhodhproperty of being rude
Spanish grosería, ordinariez
- groseríaproperty of being rude
- ordinariezproperty of being rude
Turkish kabalık
- kabalıkproperty of being rude
Ukrainian гру́бість, невві́чливість
- гру́бість (hrúbistʹ)property of being rude
- невві́чливість (nevvíčlyvistʹ)property of being rude
- нече́мність (nečémnistʹ)property of being rude
- неви́хованість (nevýxovanistʹ)property of being rude
- гру́бість (hrúbistʹ)a rude remark or behaviour
Cite this entry
rudeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudeness
“rudeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudeness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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