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Noun rudeness has 2 senses
- discourtesy, rudeness - a manner that is rude and insulting
--1 is a kind of manner, personal manner
--1 has particulars: | boorishness; impoliteness; ungraciousness; incivility; abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness; contempt, disrespect; crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness |
- crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness - a wild or unrefined state
--2 is a kind of wild, natural state, state of nature
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