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
Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
Grant’s natural aesthetic has a beautiful balance of rustic and refinement.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
What works for a seafront villa in a warm climate won’t necessarily work for a rustic barn-style home in the woods, a suburban Victorian, or a townhouse in the city.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Adding Warmth to Your Kitchen Style Copper pairs well with any kitchen style, from cozy vintage to modern rustic.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
Grant’s natural aesthetic has a beautiful balance of rustic and refinement.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
Adjective
Decorative wood planks make for a rustic accent wall that naturally flows up to the ceiling.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
What works for a seafront villa in a warm climate won’t necessarily work for a rustic barn-style home in the woods, a suburban Victorian, or a townhouse in the city.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rustic
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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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While painting a Nuenen man, the forger missed a long vertical stick used by Brabant peasants to carry bundles of wood on their backs.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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During that time, rural Americans gifted their friends and family food and small handmade wooden or sewn presents.Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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From wooden garden pergolas, paper marigolds hung above the performers’ feather headdresses.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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This satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capability for public use facilities in Indonesia’s rural regions.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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In another, Kevin Killian is a curmudgeonly old man living in rural New York with a pet chimpanzee named Chester who writes the novels attributed to Kevin Killian.Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 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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Until recently, attendees at such a talk would have seen themselves as mere provincials gathering to hear a report from the great halls of power in London and Washington.Jonathan Kay, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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The comedian with a penchant for pratfalls also did a popular impression of a clumsy President Gerald Ford and played the Landshark.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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What was trickiest to nail down was the thing that looks the clumsiest: the student film.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 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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Despite the rain in New York City, marchers kicked off the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday morning with a bevy of marching bands, clowns and performances from various artists.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Nov. 2024
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There's 34 floats, 11 marching bands and 28 clown crews expected to participate.Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Rustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rustic. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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