Rude and Strange

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Rude adjective - Hastily or roughly constructed.

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Strange and rude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strange" instead an adjective "Rude".

Nearby Words: rudeness, rudely

Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.

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Rude and strange are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rude" instead an adjective "Strange".

Nearby Words: strangeness, stranger, strangely

This is more of an in-story example; main character Ray has a strange obsession with "midgets" but all the prejudice he meets from other characters is simply because he's rude and American.

Source: Acceptable Ethnic Targets
He constantly bitches and moans about resources and his work load, is cold and rude to his colleagues, runs scams and has an extremely strange way of speaking.

Source: Literature / The Quest for Karla
Gordito himself is often subjected to literal rude awakenings; the Doc only seems to drop him off at his parents' house when he's asleep, leaving him to wake up startled in strange and often dangerous conditions.

Source: Wake-Up Fighting

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