crass
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
Archaic. thick; coarse.
Origin of crass
1Other words for crass
Other words from crass
- crassly, adverb
- crassness, noun
Words Nearby crass
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How to use crass in a sentence
I’ve found each similarly inspiring moment to be suffocated by those same crass broadcast impulses.
The 2021 Olympics Are an Inspiring, Infuriating Shitshow | Kevin Fallon | July 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastShe characterizes her approach as “respectful” and “elevated,” but those are not the first words that come to mind when you hear the crass language she uses in recounting her sexual encounters.
Call Her Daddy’s Alexandra Cooper Made Her Name Talking About Sex. With Her Massive Spotify Deal, She’s Pushing Beyond That | Eliana Dockterman | July 21, 2021 | Time“On behalf of the staff and players of the Duxbury High School football team, I want to extend my apology for the insensitive, crass and inappropriate language used in the game on March 12th,” Maimaron said in a statement to the Globe.
Massachusetts high school football coach fired over his team’s anti-Semitic audibles | Cindy Boren | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostIn that context, it looks something like a kickback, although Miss Manners hopes that your friend was merely succumbing to the crass idea that payments are always welcome.
Miss Manners: Young wheelchair user tired of nosy questions | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostThere is no independence, and all of them are rooting for crass political agendas.
Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism | Samantha Allen | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, it was superficially crass and, in turn, barely provocative.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the way, killjoys, American charitable giving goes up by 42 percent during this season of crass materialistic greed and excess.
Brash, crass, and overflowing with wiseass attitude, he remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.
The King of Postmodern Cool Is Reborn in ‘Ash Vs. The Evil Dead’ | Nick Schager | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.
The King of Postmodern Cool Is Reborn in ‘Ash Vs. The Evil Dead’ | Nick Schager | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis psychology is that of the crass materialist—always a rather funny article.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousTo tolerate a trifling error inevitably leads to crass heresy.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin LutherHow crass and blind had been his anguished spirit when first it quivered under the shock of her disappearance!
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyHe was fat and crass and ugly, that joss, a fit deity for such a den, and he seemed to nod and to listen!
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellI have always liked her, been really fond of her, in fact, but this crass exhibition of bad breeding disgusts me.
The Beauty | Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
British Dictionary definitions for crass
/ (kræs) /
stupid; gross
Origin of crass
1Derived forms of crass
- crassly, adverb
- crassness or crassitude, noun
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