word-vault/dist/data/cards/ru/rude.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "rude",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having or showing a lack of respect for other people and their feelings",
            "sensetop": "rude to somebodyrude about somethingrude to somebody about somethingrude to do somethingrude of somebody to do something",
            "labels": "British English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rude comment/remark"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He started swearing and using rude words."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There’s no need to be rude!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find her rude and arrogant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rude waiter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don’t wish to be rude, but I have another appointment in five minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't mean to sound rude, but I have no idea what you're talking about."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The man was downright rude to us.",
                    "contextForm": "rude to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why are you so rude to your mother?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was very rude about my driving.",
                    "contextForm": "rude about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's always rude to me about my singing.",
                    "contextForm": "rude to somebody about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's rude to speak when you're eating.",
                    "contextForm": "rude to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How rude of me not to offer you something to drink!",
                    "contextForm": "rude of somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wasn't just impolite—he was downright rude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's very rude about her cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope you won't think me rude if I leave early."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "impolite",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with sex or the body in a way that people find offensive or embarrassing",
            "labels": "(especially British English)North American English usually",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rude gesture"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone made a rude noise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The joke is too rude to repeat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "sudden, unpleasant and unexpected",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Those expecting good news will get a rude shock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the players think they can win this match easily, they are in for **a rude awakening**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "made in a simple, basic way",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "rude shacks"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "primitive"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "looking or feeling very healthy",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ruːd/",
                "audio": "ru/rude/rude__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ruːd/",
                "audio": "ru/rude/rude__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in sense (4), also ‘uncultured’): from Old French, from Latin rudis ‘unwrought’ (referring to handicraft), figuratively ‘uncultivated’; related to rudus ‘broken stone’."
}