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The synonyms of “Crude” are: rough, blunt, stark, unprocessed, unrefined, earthy, gross, vulgar, primitive, rude, raw, unpurified, untreated, imprecise, not accurate, not exact, approximate, coarse-grained, general, vague, hazy, woolly, simple, basic, rudimentary, rough and ready, makeshift, improvised, cobbled together, homespun, unfinished, unpolished, unformed, undeveloped, substandard, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior, mediocre, risqué, suggestive, racy, off colour, colourful, indecent, bawdy, obscene, offensive, lewd, salacious, licentious, ribald, rabelaisian, boorish, coarse, uncouth, indelicate, crass, tasteless, sordid, smutty, dirty, filthy, pornographic, scatological, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crude” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| crude oil | A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. |
| fossil oil | The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil. |
| oil | An oil painting. The oil industry. |
| petroleum | A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. |
| rock oil | United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crude” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| approximate | Close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact. Approximate leaves grow together but are not united. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. She felt bad all over. |
| basic | Common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable. The basic ingredients. |
| blunt | (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point. Thick marks made by a blunt pencil. |
| boorish | Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Was boorish and insensitive. |
| coarse | Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. Indecent language and coarse jests. |
| coarse-grained | Not having a fine texture. |
| cobbled together | Mentally and emotionally stable. |
| colourful | Full of interest; lively and exciting. She made it clear in colourful language that she did not wish to talk to the police. |
| crass | (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility. The crass assumptions that men make about women. |
| defective | Imperfect or faulty. Defective speech. |
| deficient | Inadequate in amount or degree. The documentary evidence is deficient. |
| earthy | Sensible and practical. Earthy smells of new mown grass. |
| faulty | Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules. He submitted a faulty report. |
| filthy | Contemptible (used for emphasis. Filthy language. |
| general | Prevailing among and common to the general public. In general terms. |
| gross | Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. A projected gross take off weight of 500 000 pounds. |
| hazy | Indistinct or hazy in outline. The picture we have of him is extremely hazy. |
| homespun | (of cloth or yarn) made or spun at home. Homespun philosophy. |
| imperfect | (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord. Drainage here is imperfect. |
| imprecise | Not precise. Imprecise astronomical observations. |
| improvised | Done or made using whatever is available; makeshift. An improvised short speech. |
| indecent | Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. They leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste. |
| indelicate | Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact. An earthy often indelicate sense of humour. |
| inferior | Of low or inferior quality. Inferior goods. |
| lewd | Crude and offensive in a sexual way. She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song. |
| licentious | Lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained. Coarse and licentious men. |
| makeshift | Done or made using whatever is available. The rock served as a makeshift hammer. |
| mediocre | Of only average quality; not very good. He is an enthusiastic if mediocre painter. |
| not accurate | Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct. |
| not exact | Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact. |
| obscene | Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. The dance often becomes flagrantly obscene. |
| off colour | Not in operation or operational. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. Offensive operations against the insurgents. |
| pornographic | Designed to arouse lust. Pornographic films and magazines. |
| primitive | Very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency. Primitive societies. |
| rabelaisian | Of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works. |
| raw | From a traditional tribal or rural culture. Oversewing is used to neaten raw edges. |
| ribald | Humorously vulgar. Ribald language. |
| risqué | Suggestive of sexual impropriety. |
| rough | Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped. A few rough sketches. |
| rough and ready | Unkind or cruel or uncivil. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. He is a rude and arrogant bully. |
| rudimentary | Involving or limited to basic principles. He received a rudimentary education. |
| salacious | Characterized by lust. Salacious limericks. |
| scatological | Relating to or characterized by an interest in excrement and excretion. Scatological humour. |
| simple | Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved. The simple truth. |
| sordid | Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading. |
| stark | Unpleasantly or sharply clear. His position is in stark contrast to that of Curran. |
| substandard | Below the usual or required standard. Substandard housing. |
| suggestive | Tending to suggest something improper or indecent. Flavours suggestive of coffee and blackberry. |
| tasteless | Lacking flavour. A tasteless joke. |
| uncouth | (of art or language) lacking sophistication or delicacy. An untutored and uncouth human being. |
| undeveloped | Undeveloped or unused. Undeveloped buds and shoots. |
| unfinished | Lacking a surface finish such as paint. Unfinished furniture. |
| unformed | Not formed or organized. An as yet unformed government. |
| unpolished | Not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing. His shoes were unpolished. |
| unprocessed | Not altered from an original or natural state. Fresh unprocessed food. |
| unpurified | Not made pure. Unpurified water. |
| unrefined | Not refined; uncouth. Unrefined ore. |
| untreated | Not given medical care or treatment. An untreated fabric. |
| vague | Not clearly expressed or understood. Vague forms of speech have so long passed for mysteries of science. |
| woolly | Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. Woolly headed ideas. |
| artless | (of persons) lacking art or knowledge. An artless manner. |
| asperity | Harshness of manner. The asperity of northern winters. |
| boor | A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. At last the big obnoxious boor had been dealt a stunning blow for his uncouth and belligerent manner. |
| boorish | Rough and bad-mannered; coarse. Boorish behaviour. |
| bumpy | (of a journey or other movement) involving sudden jolts and jerks. The bumpy flight brought on a bout of airsickness. |
| clumsy | Done awkwardly or without skill. Clumsy wooden shoes. |
| coarse | Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. Under the microscope they are seen to contain coarse grains. |
| craggy | Having hills and crags. A craggy coastline. |
| gauche | Lacking social polish. A shy and gauche teenager. |
| graceless | Lacking social polish. A totally graceless hostess. |
| grating | Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. A high grating voice. |
| gravelly | Resembling, containing, or consisting of gravel. A gravelly voice. |
| inelegant | Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste. An inelegant title. |
| jagged | Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed. The jagged edges gashed their fingers. |
| loutish | Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Youths responsible for awful loutish behaviour. |
| maladroit | Inefficient or inept; clumsy. A maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve. |
| oafish | Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Oafish behaviour. |
| originally | With reference to the origin or beginning. The suggestions so originally and persuasively outlined. |
| pitiless | Without mercy or pity. A night of pitiless rain. |
| raspy | Hoarse or harsh-sounding. A persistent raspy cough. |
| raw | Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes. There were a number of errors in the raw data. |
| rough | With roughness or violence rough is an informal variant for roughly. The lifeboat crew braved rough seas to rescue a couple. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. Bales of rude cotton. |
| rugged | Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. A week of rugged demanding adventure at an outdoor training centre. |
| stony | Hard as granite. The government maintained a stony silence about the affair. |
| tactless | Having or showing a lack of skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues. In the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age. |
| uncultivated | (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops. Uncultivated land. |
| unfinished | Not brought to an end or conclusion. The building is still unfinished. |
| unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth. Unrefined ore. |
| unsophisticated | Not complicated or highly developed; basic. An unsophisticated machine. |
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