Naughty vs. Rude

Naughtyadjective

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

‘Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.’;

Rudeadjective

Bad-mannered.

‘This girl was so rude towards her boyfriend by screaming at him for no apparent reason.’; ‘Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.’;

Naughtyadjective

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

‘I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.’; ‘If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!’;

Rudeadjective

Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

Naughtyadjective

Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

Rudeadjective

Tough, robust.

Naughtyadjective

(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.

Rudeadjective

Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.

Naughtyadjective

Having little or nothing.

‘[Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods.’;

Rudeadjective

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

Naughtyadjective

Worthless; bad; good for nothing.

‘The other basket had very naughty figs.’;

Rudeadjective

Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

‘Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed.’;

Naughtyadjective

hence, corrupt; wicked.

‘So shines a good deed in a naughty world.’;

Rudeadjective

Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; - said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.

‘Rude and unpolished stones.’; ‘The heaven-born childAll meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.’;

Naughtyadjective

Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.

Rudeadjective

Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; - said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.

‘He was but rude in the profession of arms.’; ‘the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.’;

Naughtyadjective

suggestive of sexual impropriety;

‘a blue movie’; ‘blue jokes’; ‘he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details’; ‘a juicy scandal’; ‘a naughty wink’; ‘naughty words’; ‘racy anecdotes’; ‘a risque story’; ‘spicy gossip’;

Rudeadjective

Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; - said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.

‘[Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock.’; ‘The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam.’;

Naughtyadjective

badly behaved;

‘he was saucy and mischievous in school’; ‘a naughty boy’;

Rudeadjective

Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; - said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.

‘Rude am I in my speech.’; ‘Unblemished by my rude translation.’;

Naughtyadjective

(especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient

‘you've been a really naughty boy’;

Rudeadjective

socially incorrect in behavior;

‘resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion’;

Naughtyadjective

mildly rude or indecent, typically because related to sex

‘naughty goings-on’;

Rudeadjective

(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

Naughtyadjective

wicked.

Rudeadjective

lacking civility or good manners;

‘want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue’;

Rudeadjective

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

‘natural yogurt’; ‘natural produce’; ‘raw wool’; ‘raw sugar’; ‘bales of rude cotton’;

Rudeadjective

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’;

Rudeadjective

offensively impolite or bad-mannered

‘she had been rude to her boss’; ‘he is a rude and arrogant bully’; ‘it's rude to talk about people right in front of them’;

Rudeadjective

referring to a taboo subject such as sex in a way considered embarrassing or offensive

‘Graham giggled at every rude joke’;

Rudeadjective

having a startling abruptness

‘the war came as a very rude awakening’;

Rudeadjective

vigorous or hearty

‘Isabel had always been in rude health’;

Rudeadjective

roughly made or done; lacking sophistication

‘a rude coffin’;

Rudeadjective

ignorant and uneducated

‘the new religion was first promulgated by rude men’;