CRUDENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An unpolished unrefined quality

Example:

the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her

Synonyms:

crudeness; roughness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("crudeness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Derivation:

crude (not refined or processed)

crude (not carefully or expertly made)

Meaning:

An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement

Example:

the whole town was famous for its crudeness

Synonyms:

crudeness; crudity; gaucheness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("crudeness" is a kind of...):

impoliteness (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)

Derivation:

crude (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent)

Meaning:

A wild or unrefined state

Synonyms:

crudeness; crudity; primitiveness; primitivism; rudeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("crudeness" is a kind of...):

natural state; state of nature; wild (a wild primitive state untouched by civilization)

Derivation:

crude (belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness)