crude

crude is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh.
2. superlative. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
3. superlative. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.
4. superlative. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
5. superlative. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
6. superlative. Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
7. noun. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

   Synonyms: oil, petroleum

8. adjective. not processed or subjected to analysis

   "raw data"

   "the raw cost of production"

   Synonyms: raw

9. adjective. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

   "the blunt truth"

   "the crude facts"

   Synonyms: blunt, stark

10. adjective. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

    "coarse language"

    "a crude joke"

    Synonyms: earthy, gross, vulgar

11. adjective. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

    "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"

    "primitive movies of the 1890s"

    Synonyms: primitive, rude

12. adjective. not refined or processed

    "unrefined ore"

    "crude oil"

    Synonyms: unprocessed, unrefined

13. adjective. not carefully or expertly made

    "managed to make a crude splint"

    "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"

    Synonyms: rough

Synonyms

oil, petroleum, raw, blunt, stark, earthy, gross, vulgar, primitive, rude, unprocessed, unrefined, rough

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crude:

cured

Common word forms

cruder, crudes, crudely, crudest, crudeness

Words from these letters

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