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ruder

  • comparative
    of rude.
    rude
    adjective
    discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way.

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The actual phrasing he used was far ruder than that – but you get the drift.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Nothing is ruder than a guest who is constantly checking emails or making private phone calls.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2023

They talk the way real people talk, but they’re freer, ruder, funnier.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2023

But his vision of it as a ruder, rawer, freer place is as uninteresting as it is inconsequential.

From Slate Apr. 15, 2022

From the loft, she could hear him downstairs, ruder and louder than ever.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich