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crudity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of crudity

1 the quality or state of being obscene
  • shocked by the crudity of the youngster's language
Synonyms of crudity

bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
Words Related to crudity

broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness

immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness

lechery

depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness

exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability

reprehensibility, reprehensibleness

abusiveness, scurrilousness

atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness

distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
Near Antonyms of crudity

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness
2 the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
  • appalled by the crudity of the way her nephews referred to women
Synonyms of crudity

coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, grossness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness, vulgarity
Words Related to crudity

boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness

artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication

insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

kitsch, tackiness
Near Antonyms of crudity

courtliness, urbanity

elegance, grace, graciousness

consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness
Antonyms of crudity

cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness

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