crudeness
1
4.9
- noun
- /ˈkruːdnəs/
:
crudeza
- The furniture in the cabin had a rustic charm, but its crudeness was evident in the rough edges.
- the crudeness of the art
Examples
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Or is it merely the crudeness of our measuring instrument that fails to detect the changes?
Academic text (1991) -
On Art for Your Sake, Myers had announced that, with works like Lassoing Horses, Benton's art constituted "one of the first attempts in our own generation to sing a song of America, of its largeness, strength, crudeness, and power."
Academic text (2008) -
Your appearance does reflect a certain... crudeness, my dear.
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The mistakes of the students are mainly the crudeness of the students' own organization.
Academic text (1990) -
But the amateurish crudeness served an important function.
Academic text (2000) -
There is, however, a certain roughness, a mild crudeness in him.
Fiction book (1999) -
It is said without the culinary arts, the crudeness of reality would be unbearable.
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The tortures to which he was subjected indicated a certain inartistic crudeness on the part of the murderer.
Fiction book (2000) -
So, we see that the crudeness and the desperation and the ugliness of the world has seeped inside even our youngest and most beautiful.
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Dominican popular music cannot be other than a derivation of Spanish music, accommodated to the local environment, corrupted when fallen into inexpert hands, and sometimes contaminated by black music of savage crudeness.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
18
7.4
A lack of good taste and politeness in speech or behavior
3
5.5
An unfinished, rough quality that feels unpolished
2
6.4
Rudeness or crude behavior that shows little politeness
1
3.8
A plain, simple way of behaving or looking
1
5.2
A raw, harsh style that makes art or stories feel real
1
9.3
A state of being rough, simple, and not modern
1
8.2
A raw, rough quality that feels unfinished and not careful
1
3.0
A rough, harsh state of land, material, or work with no skill shown
1
8.0
A simple, not developed state like early tools or art
A strong lack of care for other people's feelings and good taste
Antonyms
How Refined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crudeness comes from the old Latin word crudus, which means 'raw' or 'uncooked'. So crudeness is like something left 'raw' or unfinished, and that is why we use it for rough, unrefined tools or work.