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| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, unpolished in manner |
| Synonyms: | awkward, backward, barnyard*, boorish, cheap, clumsy, coarse, crass, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, gross*, ignorant, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensible, lewd, loud, loutish, oafish, obscene, raunchy*, raw, rough, rude, savage, smutty*, tacky*, tactless, uncouth, unenlightened, ungainly, unskillful, cloddish, grody, ill-bred, loud-mouthed, lowbred |
| Antonyms: | gentle, nice, polished, refined, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrefined, natural |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, inexpert, makeshift, outline, primitive, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, unpolished, unprepared, untaught, untrained, in the rough, prentice, rough-hewn, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unprocessed, unproficient, unsorted, unworked, unwrought |
| Antonyms: | formal, planned, refined, sophisticated, stilted |
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| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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| Main Entry: | callow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, juvenile, kid, naive, puerile, raw, tenderfoot, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young, jellybean, low tech, not dry behind ears, sophomore, unbaked, unfledged |
| Notes: | callow means lacking experience of life, immature - while shallow means lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge |
| Antonyms: | experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | churlish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, boorish |
| Synonyms: | base, blunt, brusque, cantankerous*, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, dour, grouchy, gruff, grumpy, harsh, ill-tempered, impolite, loutish, mean, miserly, morose, oafish, ornery*, rude, rustic, snippy*, sullen, surly, touchy*, ugly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultured, unmannerly, unpolished, unsociable, vulgar, cloddish, clodhopping, crabbed, cussed, lowbred, unneighborly |
| Antonyms: | gentle, nice, pleasant, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clumsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not agile; awkward |
| Synonyms: | bulky, bungling, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawky, graceless, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, unable, uncoordinated, uncouth, uneasy, ungainly, unskillful, untoward, unwieldy, all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, butterfingered*, clownish, gawkish, ham-handed, ill-shaped, lubberly, splay, stumbling, unadept, undexterous, unhandy, untactful, untalented, weedy |
| Antonyms: | adroit, agile, athletic, clever, dexterous, expert, graceful, coordinated, couth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | colonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory |
| Synonyms: | crude, dependent, dominion, emigrant, frontier, immigrant, new, pilgrim, pioneer, primitive, provincial, puritan, territorial, uncultured, unsettled, unsophisticated, wild, early American, outland, prerevolutionary, transplanted |
| Antonyms: | modern, new |
| Main Entry: | discourteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, boorish, brusque, cavalier, cheeky*, churlish, crude, crusty*, curt, disrespectful, flip, fresh, ill-mannered, impertinent, indelicate, insolent, oafish, offhand, rustic, sassy, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined, bad-mannered, contumelious, ill-bred, inaffable, inurbane, smart-alecky, ungenteel |
| Antonyms: | civil, courteous, gracious, mannered, polite, refined, respectful, well-bred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | earthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down-to-earth*, dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard-boiled*, homely, homey, indelicate, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple, uninhibited, unrefined, down home, home folk, lowbred, unidealistic |
| Antonyms: | cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | formless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorganized, vague |
| Synonyms: | amorphous, baggy*, chaotic, crude, inchoate, incoherent, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, nebulous, obscure, raw, rough, rude, shapeless, unclear, undefined, unformed, unorganized, blobby, orderless |
| Antonyms: | coherent, distinct, organized, specific, formed, shaped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gauche |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tactless, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, clumsy, crude, graceless, green, halting, heavy-handed, ignorant, ill-mannered, inelegant, inept, insensitive, lacking, maladroit, oafish, uncouth, uncultured, unhappy, unpolished, wooden*, bumbling, ham-handed, ill-bred |
| Antonyms: | elegant, graceful, mannerly, polished, refined, sophisticated, tactful, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gaudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright and vulgar |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, brilliant, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, garish, gay, glaring, gross, jazzy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, raffish, ritzy, showy, snazzy, splashy, tasteless, tawdry, catchpenny, frou-frou, gussied up, kitschy, putting on the ritz, screaming, splendiferous, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky*, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, clunky, infelicitous, klutzy, two left feet, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | homespun |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spun from home |
| Synonyms: | crude, handmade, homemade, ordinary, plain, rough, rustic, simple, unrefined, unsophisticated, handcrafted |
| Main Entry: | immature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | young, inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childish, crude, green*, imperfect, infantile, jejune, juvenile, kid, premature, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender*, tenderfoot*, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, unripe, unseasonable, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untimely, youthful, half-grown, infantine, kidstuff, undergrown, unfledged, wet behind ears |
| Antonyms: | adult, developed, experienced, grown, mature, old |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impolite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having bad manners |
| Synonyms: | boorish, churlish, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-mannered, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, irritable, loutish, moody, oafish, rough, rude, sullen, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined, bad-mannered, disgracious, ill-bred, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | courteous, mannerly, polite |
| Main Entry: | incomplete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfinished, wanting |
| Synonyms: | broken, crude, defective, deficient, fractional, fragmentary, immature, imperfect, inadequate, incoherent, insufficient, lacking, meager, part, partial, rough, rude, rudimentary, short, sketchy, undeveloped, undone, unpolished, abridged, expurgated, garbled, half-done, unaccomplished, unconsummated, under construction, unexecuted |
| Antonyms: | accomplished, complete, finished, perfect |
| Main Entry: | indecent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar; offensive |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross*, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, indecorous, indelicate, lewd, licentious, malodorous, off-color*, outrageous, pornographic, raunchy*, raw, ridiculous, rough, salacious, scatological, shameless, shocking, smutty*, tasteless, unbecoming, unseemly, untoward, vile, wicked, ill-bred, in bad taste, undecorous |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, decent, modest, pure, virtuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indelicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | base, brash, callow, coarse, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, lewd, low, off-color*, offensive, outrageous, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, uncouth, unseemly, untoward, brutish, lowbred, unblushing, untactful |
| Antonyms: | decent, delicate, inoffensive, nice, pure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lascivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, fleshly, gross*, hard-core*, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color*, offensive, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty*, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, low-down*, lubricious, orgiastic, soft-core, unchaste |
| Antonyms: | chaste, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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