crude

[krood]

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adjective, crud·er, crud·est.

in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.

lacking in intellectual subtlety, perceptivity, etc.; rudimentary; undeveloped.

lacking finish, polish, or completeness: a crude summary.

lacking culture, refinement, tact, etc.: crude behavior.

undisguised; blunt: a crude answer.

Obsolete. unripe; not mature.

noun

crude oil.

Origin of crude

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin crūdus uncooked, raw, bleeding, rough, akin to cruor blood from a wound; see raw

Related formscrude·ly, adverbcrude·ness, nounun·crude, adjectiveun·crude·ly, adverbun·crude·ness, noun

Synonyms for crude

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1. unfinished, coarse. 4. uncouth, rough, rude, coarse, clumsy.

Synonym study

1. See raw.

Antonyms for crude

1, 4. refined.

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Related Words for crudeness

miscue, lapse, recklessness, error, gaffe, misjudgment, ineptitude, ignorance, inhumanity, brutality, vulgarity, cruelty, disrespect, profanity, obscenity, blindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment

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Contemporary Examples of crudeness

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Historical Examples of crudeness

"The crudeness of your ferocity is positively gross, Martin," Mr. Jones said disdainfully.
Victory
Joseph Conrad
Crudeness he saw, vulgarity he heard, but Force he felt, and marvelled.
The Crisis, Complete
Winston Churchill
The crudeness of many of these is scarcely to be excelled in any part of the world.
Uruguay
W. H. Koebel
Weakness, crudeness, selfishness, speak out their own existence.
Atlantic Narratives
Mary Antin
I shall not attempt to tone down the crudeness of Hungerford's language.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete
Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for crudeness

crude

adjective

lacking taste, tact, or refinement; vulgara crude joke

in a natural or unrefined state

lacking care, knowledge, or skilla crude sketch

(prenominal) stark; bluntthe crude facts

(of statistical data) unclassified or unanalysed

archaic unripe

noun

short for crude oil

Derived Formscrudely, adverbcrudity or crudeness, noun

Word Origin for crude

C14: from Latin crūdus bloody, raw; related to Latin cruor blood

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Word Origin and History for crudeness

crude

adj.

late 14c., "in a raw state," from Latin crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody," from PIE *krue-do-, from PIE *kreue- (1) "raw flesh" (see raw). Meaning "lacking grace" is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865.