Dictionary Definition
crudeness
Noun
2 an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking
tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"
[syn: crudity, gaucheness]
3 an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness
of frontier dwellings depressed her" [syn: roughness]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The state of being crude
- A crude act or characteristic.
- 1960, Henry Steele Commager, "Is Ivy Necessary?" Saturday
Review, vol. 43, 17 Sep., p. 86,
- We will never eliminate the crudenesses, the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students.
- 1960, Henry Steele Commager, "Is Ivy Necessary?" Saturday
Review, vol. 43, 17 Sep., p. 86,