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crude

[krood] / krud /
ADJECTIVE
vulgar, unpolished in manner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boorish cheap clumsy coarse crass indecent lewd obscene rude savage
STRONG
barnyard foul gross rough
WEAK
awkward backward cloddish dirty earthy filthy grody ignorant ill-bred indelicate inelegant insensible loud loud-mouthed loutish lowbred oafish raunchy smutty tacky tactless uncouth unenlightened ungainly unskillful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decent delicate kind moral nice polite refined smooth sophisticated
WEAK
formal gentle polished tasteful
ADJECTIVE
unrefined, natural
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amateurish coarse harsh homemade makeshift primitive raw rude rudimentary simple unprocessed
STRONG
green homespun outline prentice rough rustic thick
WEAK
callow immature impure in the rough inexpert rough-hewn sketchy undeveloped unfinished unformed ungraded unmatured unmilled unpolished unprepared unproficient unsorted untaught untrained unworked unwrought
Antonyms
STRONGEST
refined smooth sophisticated
STRONG
polished
WEAK
stilted

Example Sentences

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Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, is currently trading at about $110 a barrel, compared with around $73 before the Iran war began.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.3% higher at $96.70 a barrel; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 0.1% lower at $108.14 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Monitoring West Texas crude oil is essential because it serves as a key barometer for both global economic activity and inflation trends.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Brent crude rose 2.8% to settle at $108.23 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Müller is rather crude and tactless, otherwise he would hold his tongue, for anybody can see that Kemmerich will never come out of this place again.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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