1
as in disrespect
rude behavior
such rudeness will not be tolerated in this office
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2
as in crassness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
the rudeness of frontier life gradually diminished with time
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Dealing with rudeness can nudge you toward cognitive errors.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Unfriendly service staff at restaurants, once viewed as a charming hallmark of visiting Hong Kong, has increasingly been described as a turn-off for tourists, while rudeness topped the list of complaints about the city’s taxi industry in a survey last year.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 5 June 2024
For younger artists, hip-hop remains an art form about the messy struggle for survival—but Cole’s surrender suggests an approach with less fire, less rudeness, less competitive excellence.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Goran, who has been to Athos many times, seemed amazed by this rudeness.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Unfriendly service staff at restaurants, once viewed as a charming hallmark of visiting Hong Kong, has increasingly been described as a turn-off for tourists, while rudeness topped the list of complaints about the city’s taxi industry in a survey last year.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 5 June 2024
For younger artists, hip-hop remains an art form about the messy struggle for survival—but Cole’s surrender suggests an approach with less fire, less rudeness, less competitive excellence.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Goran, who has been to Athos many times, seemed amazed by this rudeness.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Rudeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rudeness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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