rudeness

From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude +‎ -ness.

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rudeness (countable and uncountable, plural rudenesses)

1. The property of being rude.

   His rudeness was inexcusable.

   The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.

   • 1892, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine, page 230:

     The house was apparently very old; it had an almost prehistoric look about it, so rude and weatherbeaten was it, but the rudeness of the masonry and the lichening of the stones were no real indications of antiquity […]

   • 2007 September 16, “Letters to the Editor”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 January 2021:

     The woman who deliberately yelled out in the second set, when Henin was about to serve at 5-3 for the championship, was the epitome of the absolute self-centered rudeness that was exhibited at the Open, as well as in our society today.

2. A rude remark or behaviour.

   I'm sick of his rudenesses.

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