crud
Grimy residue layer
Crud is unwanted matter that accumulates where it shouldn't—gunk, grime, filth, residue: There's crud building up in the drain, Scrape that crud off your shoes.
By extension, crud describes anything worthless or contemptible: Don't read that crud.
As a mild expletive, crud substitutes for cruder words: Oh crud, I forgot my wallet.
The crud is slang for a cold or flu: Half the office has the crud.
Foul, accumulated matter
- gunkViscous unpleasant substance
- grimeIngrained surface dirt
- muckFilthy wet dirt
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
grease · scum · residue · soot · buildup · smudge · tarnish · fouling
Worthless discarded items
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- detritusLoose waste from decay
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- heapJumbled collection of items
pile · rubbish · flotsam · litter · accumulation · hodgepodge · stuff · castoffs
Ground matter for planting
filth
Foul, accumulated matter
sludge · grease · scum · residue · soot · buildup · smudge · tarnish · fouling · dregs
junk
Worthless discarded items
heap · pile · rubbish · flotsam · litter · accumulation · hodgepodge · stuff · castoffs · clutter
soil
Ground matter for planting
clay · silt · loam · mire · crust · grit · muddy · dusty · grimy
bug
Crawling creature or defect
error · defect · corruption · hack · kludge · workaround · brittle · bloat · cruft · unmaintained
rubbish
Waste or nonsense
malarkey · drivel · bunk · claptrap · bull · twaddle · poppycock · balderdash · hokum · bullshit
crudcleanliness
Absence of dirt
purity · cleanness · spotlessness · immaculateness · pristineness
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- crude language
- crude jokesHumor emphasizing the indelicate
- crude gesturesOffensive physical expressions
- barrel of crude
- crude drugsUnprocessed natural medicinal materials
crude, crudely, crudeness, cruddy, crudity, cruder, crudest, cruds, crudités