Definition of crude
- a crude stereotype
- crude tools
- crude jokes
- crude oil
- crude ore
- a crude shelter
- crude facts
- the crude death rate
They built a crude shelter out of branches.
a crude summary of the country's history
She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.
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bawdy, blue, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, nasty, obscene, ribald, smutty, vulgar, wanton;
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian;
correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly;
appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable;
broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive;
immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming;
depraved, kinky, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked;
exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome;
abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting;
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: very simple and basic : made or done in a way that does not show a lot of skill
: rude in a way that makes people uncomfortable; especially : talking about sexual matters in a rude way
: very simple and basic in a way that is true but not complete
: oil as it exists in the ground : petroleum that is not yet ready to be used as fuel
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