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CRUDENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
Sense 3
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)
