Rude vs Barbarous - What's the difference?
rude | barbarous |
bad-mannered
Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
tough, robust.
undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
* 2 Corinthians 11:6 (KVJ)
* (rfdate), Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops
* 1767 , Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society
hearty, vigorous; (found particularly in the phrase rude health).
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
As adjectives the difference between rude and barbarous
is that rude is bad-mannered while barbarous is not classical or pure.rude
English
(mismatch between senses and translations)Adjective
(er)- The girl was so rude to her boyfriend by screaming at him for no reason.
- But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
- When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
- Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
- And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
- Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
- It might be apprehended, that among rude nations, where the means of subsistence are procured with so much difficulty, the mind could never raise itself above the consideration of this subject
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* rudenessExternal links
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* 1000 English basic words ----barbarous
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) barbarouseAdjective
(en adjective)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)
