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crude

crude

52 5.1
Being rude and offensive, often about sex
  • adjective
  • /kruːd/
  • Offensive
: vulgar
  • His crude remarks at the dinner party were inappropriate.
  • crude stereotypes
  • crude and obscene

It's a delightfully crude acronym for Fat Upper Pubic Area.

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Examples

  • I said, "Forgive me if it's crude to ask, but what did you see in him?"

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Okay, okay, not to be crude but...

  • Well, l hate to be crude, but l gotta take care of some business.

  • Do you realise how crude that is?

  • Others seem crude and insensitive.

  • Rather a crude way of putting it, but I suppose it's apt.

  • "I don't remember ever being quite as crude as you are, Aaron."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • And there's talk of sexual matters in the most explicit and crude and horrible ways.

  • Aristodemus gets up and he says there are two kinds of love, the love of the body, which is base and crude, and the love of intelligence and goodness.

  • Yoshida-san, I'm embarrassed by this crude interruption.

Synonyms

gross
vscrude
  • Informal
333 2.3

Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted

focuses specifically on tasteless indecency rather than general disgust
dirty
vscrude
  • Offensive
296 6.4

Containing rude sexual words

is broader, including tastelessness beyond just sexual references
foul
vscrude
  • NSFW
80 4.7

Containing rude or offensive language

is about tastelessness more than focused obscenity in speech
vulgar
vscrude
  • Offensive
52 6.5

Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour

is similarly offensive but can be less openly conspicuous
filthy
vscrude
  • Offensive
44 4.7

Words or jokes that are rude and about sex

is similar in offensiveness but can also mean simply unrefined
obscene
vscrude
  • Offensive
42 6.2

Sexually rude and offensive to many people

is about tastelessness and lack of refinement, not only intensity
indecent
vscrude
  • NSFW
40 6.7

Not acceptable in public because it is offensive or sexual

is broader, focusing on lack of refinement rather than formal breach
explicit
vscrude
  • NSFW
38 7.4

Content that shows sexual or violent details clearly

is about lack of taste or refinement rather than clarity of detail
distasteful
vscrude
34 4.6

Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust

is more about lacking refinement and good taste specifically
lewd
vscrude
  • Offensive
33 7.4

Sexually offensive or indecent in a way that shocks people

covers tasteless or indecent content more generally, not always arousal
racy
vscrude
  • NSFW
18 7.9

Slightly shocking because it talks about sex in a rude or funny way

is about clear indecency or lack of taste rather than light shock
raunchy
vscrude
  • Offensive
17 8.6

Content about sex that is rude and shocking

can be indecent or tasteless without being intentionally shocking
coarse
vscrude
  • Offensive
16 4.2

Rude in behaviour or style, showing little politeness and bad taste

expresses similar tastelessness but often more direct and harsher
spicy
vscrude
  • NSFW
11 7.0

Stories or jokes that suggest sex and may make people feel embarrassed

is more openly offensive or lacking refinement rather than merely suggestive
bawdy
vscrude
  • NSFW
9 9.3

Talking about sex in a funny or rude way

is more generally tasteless and lacking refinement rather than comic
risque
vscrude
  • NSFW
7 7.7

A little impolite because it talks about sex, often in a funny or daring way

is stronger, indicating tastelessness that offends rather than amuses
indelicate
vscrude
7 7.1

Saying or doing something rude that upsets people

covers the same tastelessness but with slightly stronger moral concern
offensive
vscrude
3 5.3

Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you

is narrower, naming tasteless indecency rather than general upset
ribald
vscrude
  • Offensive
3 9.5

Speech or behavior that is rude about sex to make people laugh

is tasteless or unrefined without necessarily being humorous or playful
earthy
vscrude
  • Offensive
1 7.3

Crude and rude, often about sex or the body

is rude and tasteless but not always blunt or direct

Antonyms

37 3.9

Showing good style and polite manners

refined
  • Formal
25 4.1

Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste

Compounds

crude oil
  • Specialized
50 3.4

A thick black oil from under the ground used to make fuel

How Offensive

obscene
  • Offensive
42 6.2
lewd
  • Offensive
33 7.4
vulgar
  • Offensive
52 6.5
crude
  • Offensive
52 5.1
rude
558 1.0

Surface Forms

crude positive

Etymology

Crude originally meant 'raw', and from that it came to mean 'unrefined' or not polite; a crude remark is like raw speech that shows little care or taste. So calling a joke crude explains why it can offend people.