- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|1.4k
- Abbreviations|0
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129 entries under rude topic. ×
| disputatious(adjective, difficult, cross, unpleasant) | |
| hard(adjective, mean, tough, severe, evil) | |
| harsh(adjective, low, difficult, gloomy) | |
| loutish(adjective, rough, coarse, awkward) | |
| obnoxious(adjective, rough, nasty, dark) | |
| rugged(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| truculent(adjective, nasty, difficult, unpleasant) | |
| uncivil(adjective, coarse, sullen, boorish) | |
| unlikable(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, unfriendly) | |
| unsociable(adjective, coarse, sullen, grumpy) | |
| awkward(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| blunt(adjective, coarse, irritable, sullen) | |
| boorish(adjective, rough, coarse, awkward) | |
| cloddish(adjective, rough, coarse, awkward) | |
| clodhopping(adjective, rough, coarse, awkward) | |
| discourteous(coarse, sullen, boorish, irascibility) | |
| formidable(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| ill-mannered(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| liverish(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| lowbred(adjective, rough, coarse, awkward) |
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