What does rude mean?
Word: Rude
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Rude means having bad manners and speaking or acting in a way that hurts or upsets others.
Synonyms: impolite, ill-mannered
Antonyms: courteous
Sounds like: rood (an old word for a cross in a church)
How do you spell rude?
Syllables: rude
Tricky part: The oo sound in the middle is the trap: it can be spelt in several ways, and children often write it the way it sounds.
Watch out for: rhude, rudee
Memory tip: Rude and rood sound the same, but rood is an old word for a cross in a church; the word for bad manners is the other one.
Idioms and Phrases
- a rude awakening: a sudden unpleasant surprise Example: "Rohan thought the test would be easy, but the paper gave him a rude awakening."
Rude in a sentence
Example 1: Interrupting someone who is speaking is rude.
Example 2: The rude customer shouted at the waiter, and everyone stared.
Example 3: Arnav said sorry for his rude reply to his sister.
Fun Fact
An older meaning of rude was rough or plain, which is why people still say someone is in rude health when they are very strong and fit.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: rude
a) cheeky
b) polite
c) harsh
d) noisy
Show answer
b) polite. Polite people show good manners; rude people do not.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) rude
b) roode
c) ruud
d) rewd
Show answer
a) rude. Rude spells its oo sound with a u and a silent e at the end, as June does.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
It is rude to talk with your mouth full at the dinner tabel.
a) mouth
b) dinner
c) rude
d) tabel
Show answer
d) tabel. Table ends in le, like apple and little.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a rude thing to do?
a) waiting for your turn
b) pushing ahead in a queue
c) holding the door open
d) saying thank you to the cook
Show answer
b) pushing ahead in a queue
2. A shopkeeper who is often rude to customers is likely to ____.
a) lose some of them
b) win a prize for service
c) get more visitors
d) be thanked by everyone
Show answer
a) lose some of them
