1
: the quality or state of being rude
2
: a rude action
Examples of rudeness in a Sentence
such rudeness will not be tolerated in this office
the rudeness of frontier life gradually diminished with time
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As the recipient of Gentle Readers’ mail, Miss Manners is all too aware of the deluge of rudeness in the modern world.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
But only those who had been woken up without warning with a degree of rudeness would remember this night when their own time came.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Dissatisfaction isn’t rudeness or ingratitude.
—David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
But only those who had been woken up without warning with a degree of rudeness would remember this night when their own time came.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Dissatisfaction isn’t rudeness or ingratitude.
—David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rudeness
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“Rudeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rudeness. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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