- 1simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something In crude terms, the causes of mental illness seem to be of three main kinds.
- 2(of objects or works of art) simply made, not showing much skill or attention to detail a crude drawing of a face
- 3(of people or the way they behave) offensive or rude, especially about sex synonym vulgar crude jokes/language
- 4[usually before noun] (of oil and other natural substances) in its natural state, before it has been treated with chemicals crude oil/metal Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin crudus ‘raw, rough’.
crude
adjectiveBrE BrE//kruːd//; NAmE NAmE//kruːd//
(cruder, crudest) The power industry, Describing unpleasant traitsCheck pronunciation: crude
