crudity

crude (kr

adj. crud·er, crud·est

1. Being in an unrefined or natural state; raw.

2. Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive: a crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.

3. Characterized by uncultured simplicity; lacking in sophistication or subtlety: had only a crude notion of how a computer works.

4. Not carefully or skillfully made; rough: a quick, crude sketch.

5. Undisguised or unadorned; plain: must face the crude truth.

6. Statistics In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.

7. Archaic Unripe or immature.

A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.

[Middle English, from Latin crdus; see kreu- in Indo-European roots.]

crudely adv.

crudi·ty (kr

-t

), crudeness n.

Synonyms: crude, native, raw
These adjectives mean in a natural state and not yet processed for use: crude rubber; native iron; raw cotton. See Also Synonyms at rude.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	crudity - a wild or unrefined state crudeness, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness natural state, state of nature, wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"
	2.	crudity - an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness" gaucheness, crudeness impoliteness - a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage

crudity

noun

1. roughness, crudeness, primitiveness, clumsiness the crudity of the country's political system

2. vulgarity, obscenity, indecency, impropriety, rudeness, coarseness, crudeness, lewdness, lowness, indelicacy, smuttiness He had not expected such crudity from so sophisticated a woman.

Translations

crudity [ˈkruːdɪti] n (= vulgarity) [person] → grossièreté f

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What strikes one in it is that it is a phenomenon to the best of my knowledge--and you know what my knowledge is--unprecedented and unique in the history of mankind; the arrival of a nation at an ultimate stage of evolution without having passed through the mediate one; the passage of the fruit, in other words, from crudity to rottenness, without the interposition of a period of useful (and ornamental) ripeness.

A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context

But her brother-in-law, who was peculiar and a German, had referred the question to Margaret, who with the crudity of youth had answered, "No, they could manage much better alone.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

They were that--with the usual unshaded crudity of average people.

Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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