Chapter Ruffianism to Rye-grass of R by Soule's Synonymes

4. Simple, artless, honest, unsophisticated.

Rustic, n. Swain, peasant, clown, boor, hind, countryman.

Rusticate, v. n. Dwell or reside in the country.

Rusticity, n. Rudeness, coarseness, artlessness, simplicity, boorishness, clownishness.

Rustle, n. Rustling.

Rustling, a. Whispering, susurrous.

Rusty, a.

1. Covered with rust, affected with rust.

2. Musty, fusty, mildewed, rubiginous.

3. Dull, sluggish.

4. Rough, hoarse, grating, unmusical.

Rut, n.

1. Track of a wheel, furrow.

2. Rote (of the sea).

Ruta-baga, n. Swedish turnip (Brassica campestris).

Ruth, n. Mercy, pity, compassion, tenderness.

Ruthful, a. Merciful, compassionate, pitiful, tender.

Ruthfully, ad. Wofully, sadly, mournfully, piteously.

Ruthless, a. Merciless, pitiless, cruel, uncompassionate, unpitying, unmerciful, relentless, unrelenting, unsparing, inexorable, barbarous, fell, savage, ferocious, inhuman, hard-hearted, truculent.

Rye-grass, n. Ray-grass, common darnel (Lolium perenne).