different between crude vs grievous
crude
English
Etymology
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin cr?dus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewh?- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Old English hr?aw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kro?od, IPA(key): /k?u?d/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /k??d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophone: crewed (except Scotland)
Adjective
crude (comparative cruder, superlative crudest)
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Synonym: raw, unrefined, unprocessed
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- Synonym: primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary
- Lacking concealing elements.
- Synonym: obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised
- Lacking tact or taste.
- Synonym: blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- Synonyms: immature, unripe
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
Synonyms
- (statistics: in an unanalyzed form): raw
- See also Thesaurus:raw
Antonyms
- (being in a natural state): refined, processed
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
crude (countable and uncountable, plural crudes)
- Any substance in its natural state.
- Crude oil.
Derived terms
- syncrude
Translations
Anagrams
- Druce, Ducre, cured
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ude
Adjective
crude
- feminine plural of crudo
Anagrams
- curde
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kru?.de/, [?k?u?d??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kru.de/, [?k?u?d??]
Adjective
cr?de
- vocative masculine singular of cr?dus
References
- crude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cr?dan.
Verb
crude
- Alternative form of crouden
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin cr?dus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kriu?d(?)/
Adjective
crude
- unprocessed, uncooked, unworked (in a negative way)
Derived terms
- crudelite
Descendants
- English: crude
References
- “cr?de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.
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grievous
English
Alternative forms
- greuous (obsolete)
- grievious, grevious (less common / nonstandard outside dialects)
Etymology
From grieve, from Middle English greven, from Old French grever, from Latin grav? (“I burden”). Developed in the 13th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?.v?s/
- Rhymes: -i?v?s
- (nonstandard outside dialects) IPA(key): /??i?.vi?.?s/ (often used in conjunction with the spelling grievious)
Adjective
grievous (comparative more grievous, superlative most grievous)
- Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
Translations
Anagrams
- grevious
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- what generous mean in the bible
- what's grievously wounded mean
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