characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.-unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.-of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.-violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.-barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.-not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.