Can these words be used interchangeably, or do they differ in some ways?
That was so rude of him. Where are his manners?
That was a mean thing to do. He must hate you.
Don't be rude!
Don't be mean!
You know it's rude to blow your nose at the dinner table, don't you?
Ghosting people is just mean.
Well, that was rude. Can you believe that?
She said that just to be mean.
rude
an adjective meaning not polite, or offensive,
determined by social rules of etiquette,
generally impersonal
mean
an adjective meaning unkind or unpleasant. It can be used to describe a person or an act,
the opposite of nice,
more directly personal
That was so rude of him. Where are his manners?
That was a mean thing to do. He must hate you.
Don't be rude!
Don't be mean!
You know it's rude to blow your nose at the dinner table, don't you?
Ghosting people is just mean.
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Someone pushes in front of you in the queue without asking.
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Jill breaks one of John's toys on purpose.
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Someone says your new haircut is ugly.
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Someone doesn't hold a door open for you, and it closes in your face.
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Three people together, and two of them speak a language the other one doesn't understand - even though they all have one language in common.
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