Infinitive complement

• interrupt: It's just that he thought it was rude to interrupt.

• refuse: I did so, for it would have been rude to refuse; beside I had had enough of my sulking fit.

• ignore: Anyway, as you called, all be it a long time ago I thought it would be rude to ignore you.

• ask: Also is it rude to ask people to " bring a bottle " or should we provide everything?

Modifies a noun

• awakening: There was to be a rude awakening, however, for all at Elland Road.

• gesture: Now, they run a taxi firm in New York City, and anger Americans instead with rude hand gestures and minor traffic offenses.

• remark: There were some rude remarks made about the lengths I had to go to in order to get Tom to stop speaking!

• shock: I'm loving this warm weather - the next cold snap will be a rude shock.

• waiter: Quite fast, you catch the eye of one of the notoriously rude waiters, who will look you up and down and snap.

Modifying Another Word

• downright: The degree of tact ranged from courteous to downright rude.

• incredibly: Or hoping against hope that the best word possible would be something incredibly rude.

• terribly: Worst of all are sites which disable the Back button, Terribly rude, that is.

• extremely: Not only is this poor business etiquette, I also consider it to be extremely rude of you.

• rather: I wondered whether to tell you a rather rude story!

• plain: Too often evangelicals have just been plain rude to people who do not agree.

Used with adjective complement

• appear: Not shaking hands in this highly formal context would appear rude.

• seem: It seemed rude not to give the puddings a go.

• consider: It is considered very rude to get up from your seat between these two graces.

• sound: In BERNE with great skill They work with a will To stop it from sounding too rude!