crudity

Other forms: crudities

Definitions of crudity
  1. noun
    an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
    synonyms: crudeness, gaucheness
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    type of:
    impoliteness
    a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
  2. noun
    a wild or unrefined state
    synonyms: crudeness, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness
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    type of:
    natural state, state of nature, wild
    a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
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