crudity

Thân thiện

The comedian's crudity shocked the polite audience.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement: The quality or state of being crude, offensive, or lacking in sophistication.
   • A wild or unrefined state: The condition of being in a natural, raw, or unprocessed form.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The crudity of his jokes made everyone at the formal dinner uncomfortable.
  • They were shocked by the sheer crudity of the graffiti on the wall.
  • The crudity of the early tools shows the simplicity of ancient technology.

Advanced Usage

• "to be shocked by the crudity of something": to be deeply surprised or offended by something's lack of refinement or its vulgar nature.
  • The critic was shocked by the crudity of the artist's latest exhibition.
• "a moment of crudity": a specific instance of vulgar or tactless behavior.
  • His comment was an unfortunate moment of crudity in an otherwise polite conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Crude (adj): In a natural or raw state; not processed or refined. Also, offensive or vulgar.
  • Crude oil is pumped from the ground.
  • He apologized for his crude language.
• Crudeness (n): A synonym for crudity, meaning the quality of being crude.
  • The crudeness of the design was intentional.

Synonyms

• Vulgarity: The state of being lacking sophistication or good taste; coarseness.
• Coarseness: Roughness or rudeness in manner, texture, or quality.
• Rudeness: Lack of politeness or manners.

Related Phrases

• A crudity of expression: A way of speaking or writing that is blunt, unrefined, or offensive.
  • The politician's crudity of expression often got him into trouble with the media.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
   • the whole town was famous for its crudeness
2. a wild or unrefined state

Từ đồng nghĩa

• crudeness
• gaucheness
• primitiveness
• primitivism
• rudeness