Arrogant vs. Rude — What's the Difference?

Having or displaying excessive pride in oneself or an excessive sense of self-importance.

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered

Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority over others

Having a startling abruptness

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Vigorous or hearty

Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; - applied to persons.

Roughly made or done; lacking sophistication

Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; - applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.

Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting

Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;

Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive

Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill

In a natural, raw state

Unpleasantly forceful or harsh

Chiefly British Vigorous or robust

(Archaic) Lacking education or refinement

Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.

Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.

Violent; abrupt; turbulent.

Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.

Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.

Crudely made; primitive.

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.

Socially incorrect in behavior;

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

Lacking civility or good manners;

(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;

Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;