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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Comprising classmates Nilsson, Nutt, James Falconer, Suellen Rocca, Art Green, and Karl Wirsum, the Who held their first exhibition at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center in 1966, ushering a new mode of dank, bawdy rudeness into the city’s milieu.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
But these days civility, much like rudeness, can ride a stream of shares and retweets to the far corners of the world.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 1 June 2026
Andrew has a long record of rudeness to staff, shouting and swearing at them and going against strict protocol rules over security.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Everyone stared in silence at the man’s rudeness.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
But these days civility, much like rudeness, can ride a stream of shares and retweets to the far corners of the world.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 1 June 2026
Andrew has a long record of rudeness to staff, shouting and swearing at them and going against strict protocol rules over security.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Everyone stared in silence at the man’s rudeness.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
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 6 Jun. 2026.
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