rudeness

English

Etymology

From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude +‎ -ness.

Noun

rudeness (countable and uncountable, plural rudenesses)

1. The property of being rude.

   His rudeness was inexcusable.

   The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.

2. A rude remark or behaviour.

   I'm sick of his rudenesses.

Translations

property of being rude

• Armenian: կոպտություն (hy) (koptutʿyun), անքաղաքավարություն (hy) (ankʿałakʿavarutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無禮 (zh), 无礼 (zh) (wúlǐ), 粗魯 (zh), 粗鲁 (zh) (cūlǔ), 失禮 (zh), 失礼 (zh) (shīlǐ)

• Dutch: grofheid (nl) f, botheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malĝentilo
• Faroese: óflýggjaskapur m
• Finnish: töykeys (fi), epäkohteliaisuus (fi), karkeakäytöksisyys
• French: impolitesse (fr) f

• German: Grobheit (de) f, Unhöflichkeit (de) f
• Greek: αγένεια (el) f (agéneia)
• Irish: boirbe f
• Japanese: 無礼 (ja) (ぶれい, burei), 失礼 (ja) (しつれい, shitsurei)
• Maori: āhuaatua
• Plautdietsch: Groffheit f
• Portuguese: grosseria (pt) f
• Romanian: impolitețe (ro) f, necuviință (ro) f
• Russian: гру́бость (ru) f (grúbostʹ), неве́жливость (ru) f (nevéžlivostʹ)
• Spanish: grosería (es) f, ordinariez (es) f
• Turkish: kabalık (tr)

a rude remark or behaviour

• Faroese: ófólkaligur atburður m

• German: grobe Bemerkung f, grobes Benehmen n, unhöfliches Benehmen n

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