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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
Although Günther Groissböck cleaned up better than the usual Ochs, his portrayal lacked nothing for crudity.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
And, while its crudity is certainly purposeful, its sense of purpose can be elusive at times.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
The crudity is part of the point.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
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
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
And, while its crudity is certainly purposeful, its sense of purpose can be elusive at times.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
The crudity is part of the point.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crudity
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All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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And as with your grandmother’s ability to counter rudeness with a clever quip, this seemingly innocuous cocktail, too, packs a mighty punch.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Comprising classmates Nilsson, Nutt, James Falconer, Suellen Rocca, Art Green, and Karl Wirsum, the Who held their first exhibition at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center in 1966, ushering a new mode of dank, bawdy rudeness into the city’s milieu.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.—
Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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That feeling stops, however, when pulling into gas stations or parking lots, where the length and lowness of the car require extreme care to keep the chin from scraping.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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The result is an aesthetic that skillfully balances a variety of textures, including injecting Shou Sugi Ban custom treatments inspired by Japanese principles of wabi-sabi that typically employ elements of asymmetry, roughness, and simplicity.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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Features such as surface roughness and protruding fibers create more sites where particles can stick to the outer surface rather than passing through.—
Sumit Mandal,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Crudity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crudity. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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