rude
adjective
discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way.
ruder
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comparativeof rude.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Two in 10 said today’s behavior is a lot ruder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Slot's team could not be in ruder health, with the head coach calmly steering them.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
It’s hard to see what’s ruder than the way we’re trashing it with our vainglorious Seattle neglect.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
They talk the way real people talk, but they’re freer, ruder, funnier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
The Army offered us rations, which gettings Sip and I could not refuse; and so we repaired to the city gates, where our fiddlers’ fingers took to ruder labor.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
