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Definition of Crudeness
1. Noun. A wild or unrefined state.
Generic synonyms: Natural State, State Of Nature, Wild
Derivative terms: Crude, Crude, Crude, Crude, Primitive, Primitive, Primitive, Rude
2. Noun. An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement. "The whole town was famous for its crudeness"
Generic synonyms: Impoliteness
Derivative terms: Crude, Crude, Gauche
3. Noun. An unpolished unrefined quality. "The crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
Definition of Crudeness
1. n. A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.
Definition of Crudeness
1. Noun. The state of being crude ¹
2. Noun. A crude act or characteristic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crudeness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crudeness
Literary usage of Crudeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"Omission of Words or Ellipsis indicating crudeness—Leading to Obscurity because
Meanings are conveyed by Phrases as well as by Words—. ..."
2. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"crudeness of early Etruscan Work. — Artists. — Tombs. — Terra-cotta Masks and
Figures.—Contents of Tombs. — Cippi. — Cinerary Urns. — Ash-chests. ..."
3. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1900)
"PART I.—STYLE AND MIND Section I.—Carlyle's Obscurity and crudeness We are at
first put out. All is new here—ideas, style, tone, the shape of the phrases, ..."
4. Conflicting Principles in Teaching and how to Adjust Them by Charles Alexander McMurry (1914)
"Its opposite is crudeness and careless workmanship running off into slovenliness.
In writing, drawing, and speaking, skillful motor habits are to be ..."
5. College Greek Course in English by William Cleaver Wilkinson (1884)
"... that kept all the freshness, having parted with all the crudeness, of youth.
Farewell to thee, poet, thus unalterably young at ninety! ..."
6. A History of English Literature by Edward Jermyn Mathew (1901)
"Nature without art might be emotional and pathetic, though there was a danger of
crudeness in form. (5) Revival of Feeling for Nature. ..."
7. Two Centuries of Pennsylvania History by Isaac Sharpless (1900)
"... Claim—Internal Improvements—Steam Navigation—Stephen Girard—Pittsburg—Effect
of the Embargo—Literary Standing of Philadelphia—General crudeness. ..."
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