The method was crude, but very effective.
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Crude
//kɹuːd//
Synonyms for "crude" (311 found)
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miasmicmotor oilnastynativenaturalnauseatingnoisomenoxiousobjectionableobnoxiousobsceneobtrusiveobviousodiousoffensiveoreoriginaloutlandishoutspokenoverbright
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Adjective(18 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
144 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- груб adj (characterized by simplicity)
- груб adj (lacking tact or taste)
- необрабо́тен adj (being in a natural state)
- прост adj (characterized by simplicity)
Catalan
3 entries- cru adj (being in a natural state)
- cru adj (lacking concealing elements)
- groller adj (lacking tact or taste)
Czech
4 entries- evidentní adj (lacking concealing elements)
- jasný adj (lacking concealing elements)
- neomalený adj (lacking tact or taste)
- prostý adj (characterized by simplicity)
Danish
3 entries- grov adj (lacking tact or taste)
- rå adj (lacking tact or taste)
- skammelig adj (lacking tact or taste)
Dutch
4 entries- grof adj (lacking tact or taste)
- naakt adj (lacking concealing elements)
- onafgewerkt adj (characterized by simplicity)
- onbewerkt adj (being in a natural state)
Esperanto
1 entries- kruda adj (being in a natural state)
Estonian
2 entries- rohmakas adj (characterized by simplicity)
- tahumatu adj (characterized by simplicity)
Finnish
2 entries- karkea adj (lacking tact or taste)
- yksinkertainen adj (characterized by simplicity)
French
4 entries- brut adj (statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
- cru adj (being in a natural state)
- cru adj (lacking concealing elements)
- cru adj (lacking tact or taste)
German
4 entries- derb adj (lacking tact or taste)
- einfach gestrickt adj (characterized by simplicity)
- grob adj (lacking tact or taste)
- grob gezimmert adj (characterized by simplicity)
Greek
4 entries- άξεστος adj (lacking tact or taste)
- αδρός adj (characterized by simplicity)
- ακατέργαστος adj (being in a natural state)
- ανεπεξέργαστος adj (being in a natural state)
Hebrew
2 entries- גולמי adj (being in a natural state)
- גולמית adj (being in a natural state)
Hindi
1 entries- सड़कछाप adj (lacking tact or taste)
Hungarian
4 entries- durva adj (lacking tact or taste)
- faragatlan adj (lacking tact or taste)
- finomítatlan adj (being in a natural state)
- kezdetleges adj (characterized by simplicity)
Ido
3 entries- kruda adj (being in a natural state)
- kruda adj (characterized by simplicity)
- kruda adj (lacking concealing elements)
Irish
1 entries- tútach adj (lacking tact or taste)
Italian
4 entries- crudo adj (lacking concealing elements)
- crudo adj (lacking tact or taste)
- greggio adj (being in a natural state)
- grezzo adj (being in a natural state)
Latin
1 entries- crūdus adj (characterized by simplicity)
Macedonian
4 entries- груб adj (characterized by simplicity)
- груб adj (lacking tact or taste)
- необра́ботен adj (being in a natural state)
- непри́криен adj (lacking concealing elements)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- بیاغی adj (characterized by simplicity)
- بیاغی adj (lacking tact or taste)
- خام adj (being in a natural state)
- یوغون adj (lacking tact or taste)
Persian
2 entries- خام adj (being in a natural state)
- خام adj (statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bollboarich adj (lacking concealing elements)
Polish
4 entries- nieoczyszczony adj (being in a natural state)
- nieokrzesany adj (lacking tact or taste)
- prymitywny adj (characterized by simplicity)
- surowy adj (being in a natural state)
Portuguese
4 entries- bruto adj (being in a natural state)
- bruto adj (lacking tact or taste)
- cru adj (being in a natural state)
- cru adj (lacking concealing elements)
Russian
4 entries- гру́бый adj (lacking tact or taste)
- необрабо́танный adj (being in a natural state)
- необрабо́танный adj (statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
- неприкры́тый adj (lacking concealing elements)
Spanish
4 entries- crudo adj (being in a natural state)
- crudo adj (lacking concealing elements)
- en bruto adj (statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
- rudimentario adj (characterized by simplicity)
Swedish
4 entries- enkel adj (characterized by simplicity)
- grov adj (being in a natural state)
- grov adj (lacking tact or taste)
- obearbetad adj (statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
Telugu
4 entries- నాటు adj (lacking tact or taste)
- ముడి adj (being in a natural state)
- ముడి adj (statistics: in an unanalyzed form)
- ముతక adj (characterized by simplicity)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thô adj (being in a natural state)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
This is a crude material imported from Malaysia.
Source: tatoeba (55831)
This figure is a mirror of the decrease in imports of crude oil.
Source: tatoeba (58280)
When refined, crude oil yields many products.
Source: tatoeba (239480)
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