crude

[ krood ]

/ krud /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR crude

1 unfinished, coarse.

4 uncouth, rough, rude, coarse, clumsy.

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OPPOSITES FOR crude

1, 4 refined.

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Origin of crude

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin crūdus “uncooked, raw, bleeding, rough,” akin to cruor “blood from a wound”; see raw

synonym study for crude

1. See raw.

OTHER WORDS FROM crude

crude·ly, adverbcrude·ness, nounun·crude·, adjectiveun·crude·ness, noun

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How to use crude in a sentence

The politics of engineering do not get any cruder than that.
The Big Idea: Can We Outsmart Climate Change?|Clive Hamilton|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And cruder devices certainly deepen the effect of a name; Caliban is a rough anagram of “cannibal,” and Cassio contains an “ass.”
What’s in a Name? Writers and Their Anthroponymy|Anthony Paletta|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I myself toy with the idea that we should retreat to the much cruder standards of yesteryear.
Chasing the Tails|Megan McArdle|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Some things about the modern world are possibly cruder than they once were.
‘Ascent of the A-Word:’ The Beauty of the Indispensable Vulgarity|Malcolm Jones|August 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The expression fitted best the cruder, more sordid method of gaining possession of this woman.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
It was more like a huge bird-nest than anything else, though it was a thousand times cruder in the weaving than any bird-nest.
Before Adam|Jack London
A crude Constitutionalism, or a still cruder Republicanism, were preached by almost all writers of the time.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution|Karl Marx
By this method he is able to omit all mention of the cruder features of the Gospel story.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote
Quade's machine was much cruder and less efficient than the sphere David Guinness had designed.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931|Various

British Dictionary definitions for crude

crude

/ (kruːd) /

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 forms of crude

crudely, adverbcrudity or crudeness, noun

Word Origin for crude

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

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