crude

Plural: crudes

Noun

• Unrefined petroleum, as it comes from the ground.
• a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
• Any substance in its natural state.
• Crude oil.

Adjective Satellite

• not carefully or expertly made
  • "managed to make a crude splint"
  • "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"
• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
  • "a crude joke"
  • "crude behavior"
• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
  • "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
  • "the crude facts"
• not processed or subjected to analysis
  • "only the crude vital statistics"

Adjective

• Unrefined or raw; lacking subtlety or polish.
• not refined or processed
  • "crude oil"

Adj

• In a natural, untreated state.
• Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
• Lacking concealing elements.
• Lacking tact or taste.
• Immature or unripe.
• Uncooked, raw.
• Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.

Examples

• a crude estimate
• a crude guess
• a crude remark
• a crude shelter
• a crude truth
• crude oil
• He managed to play CRUDE for a surprising number of points on the Words With Friends board.
• His CRUDE attempts at bluffing in Scrabble never worked against seasoned players.
• You shouldn't use such crude language when talking to the bank manager.

Synonyms

blunt, crude oil, earthy, fossil oil, gross, oil, petroleum, primitive, raw, rock oil, rough, rude, stark, unprocessed, unrefined, vulgar, coarse, crude, immature, obvious, plain, rudimental, rudimentary, unadorned, uncultivated, undeveloped, undisguised, unripe

Antonyms

refined, advanced, developed, processed, sophisticated

Related Words

bare-bones, basic, coarse, common, crudity, cruel, cruelty, immature, inelegant, inferior, raw, simple, unfinished, unpolished, CRUDELY

Anagrams of crude