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adjective

variants also rustical

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Recent Examples of rustic
Noun
Off-mountain: Skiers who prefer to stay overnight in nearby Driggs, Idaho (a 20-minute drive from Grand Targhee) have a few rustic, albeit comfortable, possibilities. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2024 Venues tend to lean rustic in much of Hillsborough County. Yacob Reyes, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The rustic wood tables (tavola is Italian for table) struck me as particularly attractive. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The interior décor, featuring original brick walls, sliding wood doors with metal hardware, barnwood tables, a wall of mugs, American flag signs, and more, offers a warm, rustic, relaxing atmosphere. Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for rustic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustic
Noun
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as Virgin of Guadalupe, has a long history dating back to 1531, tied to four apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a peasant in Mexico.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • The Caipirinha is a drink of agricultural convenience, made with what grew abundantly around the peasants of central Brazil: lime, sugar, and cane distillate.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Both have sections crisscrossed by overhead power lines atop aging wooden poles, like those that fell in high winds and caused the Lahaina fire.
    Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
  • The segregated school had wooden walls, inside and out, and wood floors.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Health Finders Collective in Minnesota’s rural Rice and Steele counties south of Minneapolis serves low-income and underinsured patients, including large populations of Latino immigrants and Somali refugees.
    Tran Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
  • Instead of being in Milton, McArthur had traveled to a rural farm in Cantonment, Fla., owned by her family.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Sanders is a Catholic priest and former Augustinian provincial in California and lives in the Augustinian community in North Park.
    Gary Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • The same year, he was appointed as a provincial for the order.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And Hank’s own clumsy attempts at hypermasculine child-rearing often come from his father, Cotton (Toby Huss).
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
  • Gone are are the days of clumsy imagery and texts and fake sign-in pages that can be detected in an instant.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Without so many of the fears, complexes, and prejudices hick shaped us in the ‘90s and the ‘00s.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 June 2025
  • Sorrentino may also be exorcising some conflicting feelings about his birthplace, which is portrayed as a vulgar, crude place populated by crooks and hicks and photographed like its paradise.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ma and Pa Kent are the most stereotypical country bumpkins imaginable.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Going to the Ron Burgundy–Ricky Bobby idiot well one time too many, Ferrell plays Cam Brady, a lazy, cynical longtime congressman running against a local bumpkin (Galifianakis).
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • An evil clown turned serial killer who terrorizes a fictional New York City borough during Halloween and Christmas will join a maniacal lineup of murderers, mutants and monsters during this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
  • White-stripe nails Circus-stripe nails Just like a striped Big Top tent, this circus set is complete with stars and clowns.
    Dominic Cadogan, Glamour, 9 July 2025

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“Rustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustic. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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