Crude

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being in an unrefined or natural state; raw.
  • adj. Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive: a crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.
  • adj. Characterized by uncultured simplicity; lacking in sophistication or subtlety: had only a crude notion of how a computer works.
  • adj. Not carefully or skillfully made; rough: a quick, crude sketch.
  • adj. Undisguised or unadorned; plain: must face the crude truth.
  • adj. Statistics In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.
  • adj. Archaic Unripe or immature.
  • n. A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Being in a natural state.
  • adj. Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
  • adj. Lacking concealing elements.
  • adj. Lacking tact or taste.
  • adj. Being in an unanalyzed form.
  • adj. Immature or unripe.
  • n. Any substance in its natural state.
  • n. Crude oil.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw.
  • adj. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
  • adj. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.
  • adj. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
  • adj. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity.
  • adj. Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being in a raw or unprepared state; not fitted for use by cooking, manufacture, or the like; not altered, refined, or prepared by any artificial process; not wrought: as, crude vegetables; the crude materials of the earth; crude salt; crude ore.
  • Hence 3. Unrefined; unpolished; coarse; rough; gross: as, crude manners or speech; a crude feast.
  • Not worked into the proper form; lacking finish, polish, proper arrangement, or completeness; hence, exhibiting lack of knowledge or skill; imperfect: said of things: as, a crude painting; a crude theory; a crude attempt.
  • Characterized by lack of sufficient knowledge or skill; unable to produce what is finished, polished, or complete: said of persons.
  • Synonyms Raw. Crude. See raw.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not carefully or expertly made
  • adj. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
  • adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
  • adj. not refined or processed
  • adj. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
  • adj. not processed or subjected to analysis
  • n. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    processed    refined   
    Cross Reference
    unripe    rough    coarse    crude oil   
    Form
    syncrude   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    undressed    raw    unripe    immature    unfinished    ill-considered    undigested    unconcocted   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abood    Jude    Likud    Mahmood    Mahmoud    Rhude    abood    accrued    allude    ballyhooed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    only    rough    wooden    makeshift    above    primitive    excellent