CRUDE


Meaning of CRUDE in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: unrefined 3, impure, native, raw, run-of-mine, ungraded, unsorted

2.

Synonyms: coarse 3, crass, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar

Related Word: backward, ignorant, unenlightened; boorish, cloddish, clodhopping, ill-bred, loutish, lowbred; savage; insensible

3.

Synonyms: rude 1, rough, roughhewn, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unworked

Related Word: immature, unmatured; coarse, graceless

Contrasted words: cultivated, cultured, refined; developed, matured, ripened

Antonyms: consummate, finished

4.

Synonyms: obscene 2, barnyard, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, raunchy, smutty

Related Word: blue, risqué

Idioms: rated X

5.

rough in plan or execution

crude imitations, completely lacking in the original artistry

Synonyms: coarse, inexpert, prentice; compare rude 1

Related Word: amateurish, unproficient, unskilled, untaught, untrained; raw, rough, rude, unfinished, unpolished; inadequate, ineffective, inferior, poor

Contrasted words: finished, perfected, polished

Antonyms: expert

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