| NOUN | state | crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness | a wild or unrefined state |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | crudeness, crudity, gaucheness | an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | |
| attribute | crudeness, roughness | an unpolished unrefined quality |
| Meaning | A wild or unrefined state. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness | |
| Broader | wild, natural state, state of nature | A wild primitive state untouched by civilization |
| Spanish | crudeza, grosería, primitivismo, tosquedad | |
| Catalan | barroeria, cruesa, grosseria, primitivisme, primitivitat, tosquedat | |
| Adjectives | crude | belonging to an early stage / stage of technical development |
| Meaning | An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement. | |
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| Example | "the whole town was famous for its crudeness" | |
| Synonyms | crudity, gaucheness | |
| Broader | impoliteness | A discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage |
| Spanish | descortesía, grosería, ordinariez, vulgariedad | |
| Catalan | descortesia, grolleria, ordinariesa, rudesa, vulgaritat | |
| Adjectives | crude | conspicuously and tastelessly indecent |
| Meaning | An unpolished unrefined quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" | |
| Synonym | roughness | |
| Broader | inelegance | The quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
| Spanish | crudeza, rudeza | |
| Catalan | aspror, rudesa | |
| Adjectives | crude | not refined or processed |
| crude | not carefully or expertly made | |
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