CRUDE, CRUDELY, CRUDENESS
ADJECTIVES
► BUSH crude, rough and ready; without the formal training or qualifications usually considered necessary for an occupation → 1851
► DUNGHILL crude, vulgar; unsophisticated → 1548
► HAIRY crude, clumsy, rough, erratic; frightening, hair-raising → 1848
► HALF-CUT crude, uncultivated → 1843 Amer. dial.
► NOBROW exceptionally crude or tasteless → 1995 Amer. sl.
► NOT EVEN WRAPPED-UP crudely expressed → L19 colloq.
► OIKISH unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually said of a youth → 1959 sl.
► OIKY unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually said of a youth → 2005 sl.
► OUTLAW wild, barbarous, crude → 1927 W. Indies sl.
► RUSTIC crude; rough; unrefined, vulgar → 1576 depreciative usage
► RUSTICAL crude, plain, simple; of a type or style appropriate to the country; said of a thing → 1483
► SALTY crude, unpleasant, uncouth → 1930s sl.
► SLOBBY untidy, lazy, poorly groomed, crude, obnoxious → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOPHOMORICAL crude and superficial → 1847 Amer.
► WILD AND WOOLLY crude and raucous; untamed; uncouth → 1884
ADVERBS
► CLUBBISHLY in an unrefined or coarse manner; crudely, boorishly → 1548 obs.
NOUNS
► CRUDIFICATION a making something crude → 1910
► GROSSERY a crude word or act → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► QUAB a crude or shapeless thing → 1628
NOUNS – PERSON
► A.K. a crude or obnoxious old man (Alter Kaker)→ 1920 US sl.
► AMARUGIAN ► AMERUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois → 1856 Amer. dial.
► ANAROOGIAN ► ANNARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers → 1856 Amer. dial.
► BEAST a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOZO a crude, large individual → 1930 Amer. students’ sl.
► BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person, a country bumpkin → 20C W. Indies & Jamaica
► HONYOCK a person, usually a male, who acts like a peasant; a crude or unsophisticated person; a rustic oaf → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► MISSING LINK a crude or doltish person → 1901 US sl., jocular usage
► NEANDERTHAL a crude, stupid person; a boorish dolt → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OBNO a crude, obnoxious person → 1979 US students’ sl.
► OBNOC a crude, obnoxious person → 1970s US students’ sl.
► OBNOXO a crude, obnoxious person → 1975 US students’ sl.
► OUTLAW a crude or ill-mannered person; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RAMGUNSHOCH a person with crude, rough manners → 1825 Sc.
► SHITKICKER a crude, unsophisticated person → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► CRUDIFY to make crude → 1899