different between dreadful vs rude

English

Alternative forms

• dreadfull
• dredful (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??d.f?l/

Etymology

From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful), equivalent to dread +? -ful.

Adjective

dreadful (comparative more dreadful, superlative most dreadful)

1. Full of something causing dread, whether
   1. Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
      • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23:

        "...Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning..."

   2. (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
      • 1682, T. Creech's translation of Lucretius, De Natura Rerum, Book II, 52:

        Here some... Look dreadful gay in their own sparkling blood.
   3. (obsolete) Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
2. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
   1. Scared, afraid, frightened.
   2. Timid, easily frightened.
   3. Reverential, full of pious awe.

Adverb

dreadful (comparative more dreadful, superlative most dreadful)

1. (informal) Dreadfully.

Usage notes

The senses of "dreadful" synonymous with "afraid" similarly use the infinitive or the preposition "of": they were dreadful to build or the boy was dreadful of his majesty. These senses are, however, now obsolete.

When used as an intensifier, "dreadful" is actually a form of the adverb "dreadfully" and thus considered informal or vulgar.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:frightening
• See Thesaurus:bad

Derived terms

• dreadfully
• dreadfulness

Translations

Noun

dreadful (plural dreadfuls)

1. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
2. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
3. A shocking or sensational crime.

Derived terms

• penny dreadful

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

English

Etymology

From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?u?d/, /????d/ enPR: ro?od
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ud/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /???d/
• Rhymes: -u?d
• Homophones: rood, rued

Adjective

rude (comparative ruder, superlative rudest)

1. Bad-mannered.

2. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

3. Tough, robust.
4. Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.

   • But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge

   • 1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops

     When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,

     Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;

     And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,

     Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
5. Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.

Synonyms

• (bad-mannered): ill-mannered, uncouth; see Thesaurus:impolite
• (obscene, pornographic, offensive): adult, blue; see also Thesaurus:obscene or Thesaurus:pornographic
• (undeveloped): primitive; see Thesaurus:crude

Derived terms

• rude word
• rudely
• rudeness
• rudesby
• rudish

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• rude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rude at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Duer, dure, rued, urdé, ured

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rudis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ru.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ru.de/

Adjective

rude (masculine and feminine plural rudes)

1. uncultured, rough

Derived terms

• rudement
• rudesa

Further reading

• “rude” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?d?/, [??u?ð?]
• Rhymes: -u?ð?

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German r?te, from Old High German r?ta (German Raute (“rhomb”)), probably from Latin r?ta (“rue”).

Noun

rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)

1. pane
2. window
3. square
4. lozenge, diamond

Inflection

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German r?de, from Latin r?ta (“rue”).

Noun

rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)

1. (botany) rue (various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta)

Inflection

See also

• ruder
• rude on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Rude-familien on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

Old French rude, from Latin rudis (“unwrought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yd/

Adjective

rude (plural rudes)

1. rough, harsh
   • March 28 1757, Robert-François Damiens, facing a horrific execution

     "La journée sera rude." ("The day will be rough.")

2. tough, hard; severe
3. bitter, harsh, sharp (of weather)
4. crude, unpolished
5. hardy, tough, rugged
6. (informal) formidable, fearsome

Derived terms

• esprit rude
• mettre à rude épreuve
• rudement

Further reading

• “rude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dure, duré, redû

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin r?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (rhut?).

Noun

rude f (plural rudis)

1. rue, common rue (Ruta graveolens)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin rudis, rudem.

Adjective

rude

1. tough
2. rough, coarse

References

• “rude” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rudis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.de/
• Rhymes: -ude

Adjective

rude (invariable)

1. tough
2. rough, coarse

Anagrams

• dure

Latin

Adjective

rude

1. nominative neuter singular of rudis
2. accusative neuter singular of rudis
3. vocative neuter singular of rudis

References

• rude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norman

Etymology

From Latin rudis.

Adjective

rude m or f

1. (Jersey) rough

Derived terms

• rudement

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.d?/
• Homophone: rud?

Adjective

rude

1. inflection of rudy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rudis

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??u.d?i/
• Rhymes: -ud?i

Adjective

rude m or f (plural rudes, comparable)

1. rude; bad-mannered

   Synonyms: brusco, grosseiro, mal-educado

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

rude

1. inflection of rud:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

rude (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of ruda:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Noun

rude

1. dative/locative singular of ruda

Venetian

Noun

rude

1. plural of ruda