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Rude

Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impolite 84% connected

Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impolite 84% connected

Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Crude 92% connected

In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ill-bred 92% connected

Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ill-mannered 92% connected

Impolite; rude.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lowbred 92% connected

Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Natural 92% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Primitive 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raw 92% connected

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uncivil 92% connected

Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Underbred 92% connected

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unmannerly 92% connected

Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Civil 94% connected

Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Civil 94% connected

Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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