English noun: crudeness | |||
1. | crudeness (state) a wild or unrefined state | ||
Synonyms | crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | natural state, state of nature, wild | ||
2. | crudeness (attribute) an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | ||
Samples | The whole town was famous for its crudeness. | ||
Synonyms | crudity, gaucheness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impoliteness | ||
3. | crudeness (attribute) an unpolished unrefined quality | ||
Samples | The crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her. | ||
Synonyms | roughness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inelegance | ||