Words similar to rude
Example sentences for: rude
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When uttered in circumstances where taboo language would seem either gratuitous or otherwise inappropriate, rude words are not only equally out of place in the world of make-believe as in the real world but, worse, they interfere (in both) with the message.
To quote Woodward: "Granting that 'the wishes of democracy are capricious, its instruments rude, its laws imperfect,' granting as well an appalling list of shortcomings that he abhorred--minds 'so petty, so insipid, so crowded with paltry interests'--Tocqueville still regarded democracy 'not as the best, but as the only means of preserving freedom.
I have no problem with the extra 2.5 percent above the norm, but to have it forced on me in such a forward manner seemed extremely rude.
This leaves us in the awkward position of wanting, but not being able, to tell her to go away (or at least to cool her jets) or being inexcusably rude to others.
[The Times, 20 June 1988] There is probably something to be said in favour of the occasional use of rude language in drama for the sake of realism; on the other hand, in the real world rude language is often the resort of those who are unable to articulate their thoughts and emotions, and the presence of characters so afflicted is certainly dispensable in drama.