rough; uneven; rugged; unformed by art; as rude workmanship, that is, roughly finished; rude and unpolished stones.

Rough; of coarse manners; unpolished; uncivil; clownish; rustic; as a rude countryman; rude behavior; rude treatment; a rude attack. Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch.

Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; turbulent; as rude winds; the rude agitation of the sea.

violent; fierce; impetuous; as the rude shock of armies.

Harsh; inclement; as the rude winter.

Ignorant; untaught; savage; barbarous; as the rude natives of America or of New Holland; the rude ancestors of the Greeks.

Raw; untaught; ignorant; not skilled or practiced; as rude in speech; rude in arms.

Artless; inelegant; not polished; as a rude translation of Virgil.