The Clue
Less civil (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RUDER
Tags
Notes
The answer RUDER is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Less courteous
Less polite
Less refined
More of a boor
More boorish
More impolite
More impudent
More insolent
More uncivil
Not so civil
Not so delicate
Not so polite
Definition
RUDE as an adjective:
1. (ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly) = socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
2. (ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish) = (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
3. (uncivil, rude) = lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
4. (natural, raw, rude) = (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"
5. (crude, primitive, rude) = belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"