Crude and Explicit

Crude

Crude adjective - Being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining.

Explicit and crude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explicit" instead an adjective "Crude".

Nearby Words: crudity, crudely

Explicit

Explicit adjective - So clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning.

Crude and explicit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crude" instead an adjective "Explicit".

Nearby Word: explicitly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / The Mystery of Mamo Darker and Edgier: This film is more violent, explicit and crude than the TV series.
  • Chivalrous Pervert Bones takes great delight in being as crude and as sexually explicit as he can, under the pretense of helping Cat overcome her blushing naïveté.
  • The trap is described in detail (with a crude drawing of how it is supposed to work) and an explicit reference to the "Rube Goldberg device" is made in the notes below the page.
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