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Crude, a.

    1. Raw, uncooked, undressed, in a raw state.
    2. Immature, unripe, harsh.
    3. Coarse, unrefined.
    4. Unpremeditated, indigested, immature, unpolished, rude, uncouth, awkward.

Crudeness, n. Rawness, crudity, coarseness, immaturity, awkwardness.

Crudity, n. Rawness, See crudeness.

Cruel, a.

    1. Unmerciful, inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, uncompassionate, fell, dire, ruthless, barbarous, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, savage, ferocious, brutal, sanguinary, truculent, blood-thirsty, hard- hearted.
    2. Severe, hard, sharp, bitter.

Cruelty, n. Inhumanity, barbarity, ruthlessness, brutality, brutishness, ferocity, savageness, truculence, blood-thirstiness.

Cruet, n. Vial, cruse, caster.

Cruet-stand, n. Casters, castor.

Cruise, v. n. Rove over the sea, sail about.

Cruise, n. Roving voyage.

Crumble, v. a. Crush, break to pieces, disintegrate, reduce to fragments.

Crumble, v. n.

    1. Fall to pieces, break into pieces, become disintegrated.
    2. Perish, fall into decay.

Crumple, v. a. Wrinkle, rumple.

Cruse, n. Vial, cruet, caster.

Crush, v. a.

    1. Compress, squeeze, bruise, contuse.