noun
Meaning 1
The state of being crude
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crudeness
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noun
Meaning 2
A crude act or characteristic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
an unpolished unrefined quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roughness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
noun
Meaning 4
an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the whole town was famous for its crudeness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crudity, gaucheness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impoliteness
noun
Meaning 5
a wild or unrefined state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wild, natural state, state of nature
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewh2-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdusbor. Middle English crude English crude Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crudeness From crude + -ness.