as in peasant
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
a rustic who was awed by the prices that city dwellers had to pay
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as in wooden
lacking social grace and assurance
rustic yokels whose first impulse was to smirk gawkily at anyone not of their own kind
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as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
a rustic area that has a refreshing lack of billboards and shopping malls
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Recent Examples of rustic
Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 26 Dec. 2023
Ready in just over an hour thanks to the Instant Pot, this rustic, chicken cacciatore dish is a weeknight winner.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
From sleek, minimalist models that fit right in with the modern aesthetics of a city dweller's home to rustic, handcrafted options for your A-frame upstate, there are dozens of new models brimming with charm.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Dresden picture features three satyrs—grinning rustics, horned and horny, who hope to make out with Diana’s accompanying huntswomen.
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 26 Dec. 2023
Ready in just over an hour thanks to the Instant Pot, this rustic, chicken cacciatore dish is a weeknight winner.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
Adjective
In partnership with renowned interior decorator Nathan Turner, the White Barn Inn, Auberge Resorts Collection brings Turner’s signature style to the rustic elegance and charm of this iconic New England luxury hotel.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
From sleek, minimalist models that fit right in with the modern aesthetics of a city dweller's home to rustic, handcrafted options for your A-frame upstate, there are dozens of new models brimming with charm.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustic
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The movie depicts the life of Lombardy peasant families working on farms for the same landlord during the late 19th century, casting actual farmers and locals instead of professional actors.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ten years later, Chloe Sevigny donned a choppy peroxide wig, a partial suit of armor and a white muslin peasant dress for her Joan of Arc Halloween costume.Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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All these gems are embedded in a wooden shell made of oak, sculpted with a gouge, just like the artisans who craft the cognac barrels.Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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Both of those hurricanes made landfall in rural Taylor County.Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Norris School District, which serves students in grades K4-12, in rural southwestern Waukesha County, had just 37 students enrolled in 2023-24, according to the DPI.Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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While early imperial aristocrats saw provincials as subject nations with their own cultures, their working-class replacements considered Romans a single people and expected all to share the same values.Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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The gilets jaunes protests, a largely peri-urban phenomenon, inverted the roles played by Parisians and provincials in 1871.Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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Far from prolific in front of goal, the Senegalese looked out of sorts, full of running and hunger to score but clumsy, his anxious limbs snatching at chances rather than taking them naturally.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The first few episodes were rife with clumsy and, at times, confusing time jumps, many that seemed tacked on to preexisting scenes in an effort to retrofit them for a new, Costner-less reality.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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In the special, taped at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Kober brings audiences together with stories about dealing with hometown hicks, unforgiving fruit flies and California candy cartels.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2024
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Emily in Paris On Location: Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris Rediscover Paris as Chicago bumpkin Emily (played by Lily Collins) moves there for a job and takes you to places like Galeries Lafayette, Galerie-Musee Baccarat and Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris.Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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At their worst, these histories, like the Soviet one, reduce Ukrainians to lazy, irresponsible, prejudiced country bumpkins with exaggerated penchants for vodka and violence.Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2016
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The sequel is part prison drama, part musical, as incarcerated clown Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) goes on trial for multiple murders but finds a mercurial soulmate in an understanding super-fan (Lady Gaga).Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Many travelers make the 210-mile drive north from Las Vegas just for the clown experience.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Rustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustic. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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