different between rude vs nasty

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English nasty, nasti, naxty, naxte (“unclean, filthy”), probably from Old Norse *nask- +? -y, whence also Early Modern English nasky (“nasty”). Compare Swedish naskig, naskug (“nasty, dirty, messy”), Swedish and Danish nasket (“dirty, foul, unpleasant”). Compare also Low German nask (“nasty”).

Alternative theories include:

• From Old French nastre (“bad, strange”), shortened form of villenastre (“infamous, bad”), from vilein (“villain”) + -astre (pejorative suffix), from Latin -aster.
• Middle Dutch nestich, nistich ("nasty, dirty, unpleasant"; > Modern Dutch nestig (“dirty, filthy, unclean”)), perhaps ultimately connected to the Scandinavian word above.
• Other suggestions include Old High German naz (“wet”), hardening of English nesh(y) (“soft”), or alteration of English naughty.
• Modern use of the word is sometimes attributed to the popular and often derogatory 19th century American political cartoons of Thomas Nast, but the word predates him.

Pronunciation

• (AusE) IPA^(key): /?na?.sti/
  • Rhymes: -??sti
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??.sti/
  • Rhymes: -??sti
• (US) IPA^(key): /?næs.ti/
  • Rhymes: -æsti

Adjective

nasty (comparative nastier, superlative nastiest)

1. (now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy. [from 14th c.]
   • 2006, Marie Fontaine, The Chronicles of my Ghetto Street Volume One, p. 156:

     I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty.

2. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). [from 15th c.]
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:

     Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty.

3. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. [from 16th c.]
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:

     ‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.

4. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. [from 17th c.]
   • 1933, Dorothy L Sayers, Murder Must Advertise:

     He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.

   • 2009, Okera H, Be Your Priority, Not His Option, Mill City Press 2009, p. 45:

     We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.

5. Spiteful, unkind. [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, The Guardian, 3 Jun 2012:

     She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."

6. (chiefly Britain) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. [from 19th c.]
   • 2007, The Observer, 5 Aug 2007:

     There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.

7. (chiefly Britain) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, James Ball, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2012:

     Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.

8. (slang, chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked. [from 20th c.]

Translations

Derived terms

• nastygram

Noun

nasty (plural nasties)

1. (informal) Something nasty.

2. (euphemistic, slang, preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.
3. A video nasty.
   • 1984, ThirdWay (volume 7, number 5, page 17)

     In this way, it is hoped that the nasties will be dealt with, and the remainder regularized.

Derived terms

• do the nasty
• video nasty

References

Anagrams

• Ansty, Santy, Tansy, Yants, antsy, tansy