cruder

More rough, unpolished

Cruder is the comparative form of crude.

Something cruder than another is rougher, less refined, or more primitive: His first attempt was cruder than his second.

Of humor or behavior, cruder means more vulgar or offensive: Each joke was cruder than the last.

coarse

rougher

More coarse-textured

rawer · scratchier · bumpier · raspier

petroleum

rawer

More unprocessed or inexperienced

dirtier · bituminous · tar-like · unpurified

primitive

rougher

More coarse-textured

vulgar

raunchier

More sexually crude

fouler · smuttier

tactless

blunter

Less pointed or direct

Opposites
refinement/sophistication

cruderfiner

More elegant or delicate

classier · smoother · subtler · slicker · sleeker

social propriety/manners

cruderprimmer

Introductory reading book

technical development/processing

cruderpurer

Less adulterated

cleaner

Phrases
Family

crude, crudely, crudeness, crudity, crudest, crudities

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G