1
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
shocked by the crudity of the youngster's language
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as in rudeness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
appalled by the crudity of the way her nephews referred to women
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Recent Examples of crudity
Whatever the case, the density of his crudity and the planetary scale of his vanity have pulled a whole wobbling system entirely out of alignment and forced it into a chaotic new order; every satellite is now pinned into a decaying orbit around this collapsing star.
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David Roth, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2020
Intelligent management of the pandemic was always going to involve restrictions, but the resort to the heavy-handed command-and-control of Cuomo and de Blasio showed few signs of intelligence and revealed a management style notable mainly for its crudity.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 2 Oct. 2020
The crudity of superficial intimacy would make what goes on between them inconsequential.
—Marisa Silver, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
During scenes at the duke’s palace, Rigoletto’s sneering crudity barely masked his hatred for the court.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
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David Roth, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2020
Intelligent management of the pandemic was always going to involve restrictions, but the resort to the heavy-handed command-and-control of Cuomo and de Blasio showed few signs of intelligence and revealed a management style notable mainly for its crudity.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 2 Oct. 2020
The crudity of superficial intimacy would make what goes on between them inconsequential.
—Marisa Silver, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
During scenes at the duke’s palace, Rigoletto’s sneering crudity barely masked his hatred for the court.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crudity
Noun
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There are times when what appears to be rudeness or laziness could stem from personal struggles or stress.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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That rudeness did not go unnoticed, and on Swag, Justin is still airing out their arguments.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Action rocks as Season 2 leans more into DCU absurdity and vulgarity.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Jude is an erudite man of the people whose hyper-literate intellectualism is only matched by his Chaucer-like vulgarity, and his work has long reveled in an impish fascination with the relationship between art, labor, and technology.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The appellate court ruled Friends of George's lacked standing to sue over the law as its performances would have artistic value and therefore not fall under the obscenity statute.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Eight years later, the magazine famously published nude photos of her, which was unheard of at the time, and Hugh Hefner was arrested on obscenity charges.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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“Crudity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crudity. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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