Crossword clues for crudest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crude \Crude\ (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. Cruder (-[~e]r); superl. Crudest.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See Raw, and cf. Cruel.]
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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. ``Common crude salt.''
--Boyle.Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials.
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Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
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Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. ``Crude projects.''
--Macaulay.Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition.
--De Quincey.The originals of Nature in their crude Conception.
--Milton. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. ``Crude and inconcoct.''
--Bacon.Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
(Paint.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: crude)
Usage examples of "crudest".
It was Brunhilda, screaming as if she were being tortured in the crudest imaginable way.
I am in constant pain, and now that I have met a man who does not add to my treasury of falsehood, you are the crudest of them all.
Far fewer than that, now, between the casualties they'd suffered in various clashes and—the crudest factor of all—the fact that they were now beginning to butcher their horses for the meat.
Thornton was a very experienced combat commander, and he knew full well that the single most important factor when it came to winning battles was usually the crudest and simplest.