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单词 crudity
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Definition of crudity in English:

crudity

noun ˈkruːdɪtiˈkrudədi
mass noun
  • 1The quality of being rudimentary or makeshift; primitiveness.

    he criticises the crudity of design
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ex-slave would often apologize to the reader for the relative crudity of his text as a work of literature.
    • He maintained, however, that the very "crudity" of the old methods, involving magnetic tape, razor blades and endless copying, made for greater imaginative effort.
    • Sinaisky lets it rip, wallowing in the graphic crudity of the score.
    • Affluence also creates an ever-growing class of well-off consumers, many of whom seek to emulate the crudities of consumption of the elites.
    • In this way he strove to explain away the crudities of the literal narrative.
    • My pinhole films have the roughness, the crudity of early photographs and films.
    • Marion Price said she was perplexed by the crudity of the approach.
    • For Vasari, his was the first, albeit embryonic, attempt to shake off the supposed crudity of medieval style and begin the long march to a fully achieved Renaissance.
    • Simplicity, however, does not mean crudity, does not mean absence of art.
    • And will Adam forsake cultured Europe for the crudities of America, taking his treasures and his sulky wife with him to exhibit (both) in a huge purpose-built art museum?
    Synonyms
    primitiveness, simplicity, oversimplicity, roughness, inaccuracy
    lack of refinement, lack of sophistication
    dated rudeness
    vulgarity, rudeness, suggestiveness, raciness, earthiness, bawdiness, blueness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, salaciousness, licentiousness, ribaldry, seaminess, dirtiness, filthiness, dirt, filth, boorishness, coarseness, uncouthness, indecency, obscenity, indelicacy, crassness, tastelessness, offensiveness
    informal naughtiness, raunchiness, sleaziness, steaminess, porn
    British informal fruitiness, sauciness
    North American informal gaminess
  • 2The quality of being offensively coarse or rude; vulgarity.

    the crudity of the language
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thin happens to be the dividing line between comedy and crudity.
    • Of course, no one would actually argue with such crudity, but there is a kind of discourse that can come perilously close to adopting that caricature attitude.
    • The words take on unique cadence, delivering precise and sophisticated concepts with roundabout crudity.
    • It's good, old-fashioned family humour with no crudity or violence.
    • A 1990s flat-share sitcom which, in its tales of the sexual adventures and misadventures of three twenty-somethings living under the same roof, featured more than a dash of crudity.
    • Whichever way you look at it the show is overwhelming - and part of the reason is that it is frank beyond the point of crudity.
    • The reward is tremendous weight and presence; the downside emotional crudity.
    • In all of the stories, he expunged crudities and added gallant prose.
    • Its advantage is its directness, its disadvantage its crudity.
    • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder they say, but so are ugliness, crudity and complete bewilderment.
    • The statement is remarkable for the crudity of its apologetics for the Pacifica management.
    • But none of it is really funny, and the crudity is now very dull.
    • The meeting is brief and frightening - charged with intelligence and crudity.
    • Oddly, or perhaps not, it was females who were lapping up the gratuitous crudity more than men.
    • I hoped there were not too many other factors for I was already strongly attracted to him in spite of his recent crudity.
    • That ghastly crudity of seeing in sex nothing but a functional act and a certain fumbling with clothes is, in my opinion, a low degree of barbarism, savagery.
    • The single most important thing is for Latham not to back down or revert to crudity.
    • Following the herd, as the media advise, would lead me to applaud childish petulance, crudity, and bad manners.
    • The visual language of the adaptation is at first glance straightforward almost to the point of crudity.
    • Mrs. Bennet, with her crudities and bullying and toadying, had caused the young men to flee in terror.
    Synonyms
    vulgarity, rudeness, suggestiveness, raciness, earthiness, bawdiness, blueness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, salaciousness, licentiousness, ribaldry, seaminess, dirtiness, filthiness, dirt, filth, boorishness, coarseness, uncouthness, indecency, obscenity, indelicacy, crassness, tastelessness, offensiveness

Rhymes

nudity
 
 

Definition of crudity in US English:

crudity

nounˈkro͞odədēˈkrudədi
  • 1The quality of being rudimentary or makeshift; primitiveness.

    he criticizes the crudity of design
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Affluence also creates an ever-growing class of well-off consumers, many of whom seek to emulate the crudities of consumption of the elites.
    • Sinaisky lets it rip, wallowing in the graphic crudity of the score.
    • Simplicity, however, does not mean crudity, does not mean absence of art.
    • The ex-slave would often apologize to the reader for the relative crudity of his text as a work of literature.
    • My pinhole films have the roughness, the crudity of early photographs and films.
    • He maintained, however, that the very "crudity" of the old methods, involving magnetic tape, razor blades and endless copying, made for greater imaginative effort.
    • Marion Price said she was perplexed by the crudity of the approach.
    • And will Adam forsake cultured Europe for the crudities of America, taking his treasures and his sulky wife with him to exhibit (both) in a huge purpose-built art museum?
    • For Vasari, his was the first, albeit embryonic, attempt to shake off the supposed crudity of medieval style and begin the long march to a fully achieved Renaissance.
    • In this way he strove to explain away the crudities of the literal narrative.
    Synonyms
    primitiveness, simplicity, oversimplicity, roughness, inaccuracy
    vulgarity, rudeness, suggestiveness, raciness, earthiness, bawdiness, blueness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, salaciousness, licentiousness, ribaldry, seaminess, dirtiness, filthiness, dirt, filth, boorishness, coarseness, uncouthness, indecency, obscenity, indelicacy, crassness, tastelessness, offensiveness
  • 2The quality of being offensively coarse or rude; vulgarity.

    the crudity of the language
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whichever way you look at it the show is overwhelming - and part of the reason is that it is frank beyond the point of crudity.
    • I hoped there were not too many other factors for I was already strongly attracted to him in spite of his recent crudity.
    • The statement is remarkable for the crudity of its apologetics for the Pacifica management.
    • Mrs. Bennet, with her crudities and bullying and toadying, had caused the young men to flee in terror.
    • But none of it is really funny, and the crudity is now very dull.
    • The words take on unique cadence, delivering precise and sophisticated concepts with roundabout crudity.
    • It's good, old-fashioned family humour with no crudity or violence.
    • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder they say, but so are ugliness, crudity and complete bewilderment.
    • The visual language of the adaptation is at first glance straightforward almost to the point of crudity.
    • Following the herd, as the media advise, would lead me to applaud childish petulance, crudity, and bad manners.
    • A 1990s flat-share sitcom which, in its tales of the sexual adventures and misadventures of three twenty-somethings living under the same roof, featured more than a dash of crudity.
    • That ghastly crudity of seeing in sex nothing but a functional act and a certain fumbling with clothes is, in my opinion, a low degree of barbarism, savagery.
    • Oddly, or perhaps not, it was females who were lapping up the gratuitous crudity more than men.
    • The single most important thing is for Latham not to back down or revert to crudity.
    • The reward is tremendous weight and presence; the downside emotional crudity.
    • Its advantage is its directness, its disadvantage its crudity.
    • Of course, no one would actually argue with such crudity, but there is a kind of discourse that can come perilously close to adopting that caricature attitude.
    • Thin happens to be the dividing line between comedy and crudity.
    • The meeting is brief and frightening - charged with intelligence and crudity.
    • In all of the stories, he expunged crudities and added gallant prose.
    Synonyms
    vulgarity, rudeness, suggestiveness, raciness, earthiness, bawdiness, blueness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, salaciousness, licentiousness, ribaldry, seaminess, dirtiness, filthiness, dirt, filth, boorishness, coarseness, uncouthness, indecency, obscenity, indelicacy, crassness, tastelessness, offensiveness
 
 
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