Crude and Genteel

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Crude

Crude adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.
Usage example: crude jokes can be considered sexual harassment
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Genteel is an antonym for crude.
Nearby Words: crudity, crudely

Genteel

Genteel adjective - Having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living.
Usage example: she grew up in genteel old Savannah
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Crude is an antonym for genteel.
Nearby Word: genteelly
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  • Delusions of Eloquence Macheath in Brecht's The Threepenny Opera is sort of a cross between this and Know-Nothing Know-It-All, speaking in a much more genteel manner than his mooks, but prone to crude language when angry.
    Source: Delusions of Eloquence
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