noun
1. a wild or unrefined state
• Syn: ↑crudity, ↑primitiveness, ↑primitivism, ↑rudeness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rude (for: ↑rudeness), ↑primitive (for: ↑primitiveness), ↑crude (for: ↑crudity), ↑crude
• Hypernyms: ↑wild, ↑natural state, ↑state of nature
2. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
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the whole town was famous for its crudeness
• Syn: ↑crudity, ↑gaucheness
• Hypernyms: ↑impoliteness
3. an unpolished unrefined quality
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the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her
• Syn: ↑roughness
• Hypernyms: ↑inelegance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.