crass

[ kras ]

/ kræs /

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adjective, crass·er, crass·est.

without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.

Archaic. thick; coarse.

Nearby words

crashaw, crashing, crashproof, crashworthiness, crasis, crass, crassitude, crassulacean acid metabolism, crassulaceous, crassus, cratch

Origin of crass

1535–45; (< Middle French) < Latin crassus thick, dense, fat, heavy

SYNONYMS FOR crass

1 dull, boorish, oafish, indelicate.

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Related forms

crass·ly, adverbcrass·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for crass

Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
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By the way, killjoys, American charitable giving goes up by 42 percent during this season of crass materialistic greed and excess.
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Brash, crass, and overflowing with wiseass attitude, he remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.
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Brash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.
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Many of the agents were insensitive and crass, shouting insults and expletives at the detainees in Spanish.
This Church Is Reviving the Sanctuary Movement to Shelter Undocumented Immigrants From Deportation|Caitlin Dickson|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Be the crass, O'Connell I'll make you look nine ways at wanst for this!
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He had only sevenpence left, just enough to pay for another pint for Crass and half a pint for everyone else.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell
"Free love" has also its fanatics who are guilty of quite as crass excess.
The Morality of Woman and Other Essays|Ellen Key
We also exhibit the agricultural produce, but largely in a crass and rude way to display bulk and to win prizes.
The Holy Earth|L. H. Bailey
Crass and Owen were the only two whose wages were not reduced.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell

British Dictionary definitions for crass

crass

/ (kræs) /

adjective

stupid; gross

Derived Forms

crassly, adverbcrassness or crassitude, noun

Word Origin for crass

C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross

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