Rudeness is the (apparent) disrespect and failure to behave within the context of a society or a group of people's social laws or etiquette. These laws have already unspokenly been established as the essential boundaries of normally accepted behavior. To be unable to align one's behavior with these laws known to the general population of what is socially acceptable would be considered being rude.There is an order of severity as to what one might consider being rude:ImpoliteFaux