Rude with or to

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Can I use 'with' in such examples?

''He was rude with me''.

''She was mean with me.''

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think "to" should be used in both sentences.

 

[Yankee]

Yes, but "to" would work too.

 

[Tarheel]

Hello.

Can I use 'with' in such examples?

''He was rude with me''.

''She was mean with me.''

Apparently, you want to do that, but I don't know why. I would expect:

He was mean to me.

Or:

She was rude to me.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I would expect "to" to be used after such adjectives as friendly, unfriendly, kind, unkind, sympathetic, hostile, generous, cruel etc.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I was wondering if 'with' is also possible.

 

[Rover_KE]

I don't like it.:-(

 

[emsr2d2]

"He was rude with me" sounds (to me) as if he and I were rude at the same time.

 

[Yankee]

I was wondering if 'with' is also possible.

Maybe not frequently used, but I would not be surprised to hear it.