crudest

ADJECTIVE

vulgar, unpolished in manner

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boorish cheap clumsy coarse crass indecent lewd obscene raw 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

clean decent delicate kind moral nice polite pure refined smooth sophisticated

WEAK

formal gentle planned polished stilted 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

gentle kind nice polite refined smooth soft sophisticated

STRONG

polished

WEAK

formal planned stilted tasteful

Example Sentences

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Crudest and cruelest of the current reapportionment battles, however, was in California.

From Time Magazine Archive

The entire thing might have been labeled "How to Generate A Radio Signal in the Crudest Manner."

From The Ethical Engineer by Harrison, Harry

"Crudest of women, he did, but under his own name, Sidney Power."

From Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Alcott, Louisa May