The Clue
Like Emerson's bridge (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RUDE
Tags
Notes
The answer RUDE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Boorish
Brusque
Coarse
Discourteous
Disrespectful
Impolite
Inconsiderate
Makeshift
Obnoxious
Primitive
Rough
Rustic
Tactless
Uncivil
Uncouth
Unfinished
Unmannered
Unmannerly
Unwrought
Emerson's "___ bridge"
Hardly genteel
Ill-bred
Ill-mannered
Lacking refinement
Lacking in tact
Like a churl
Not polite
Presumptuous, say
Unfinished or uncouth
Unwrought or uncouth
Deserving a slap, maybe
Like cutting in line
Like a pusher, maybe
Like some awakenings
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"