crass

[ kras ]

/ kræs /

adjective, crass·er, crass·est.

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

Archaic. thick; coarse.

Words nearby crass

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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OTHER WORDS FROM crass

crass·ly, adverbcrass·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for crassly

At first—it was the early stages of reporting—I was amused at having been so crassly underestimated.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Now there is the Snowden—to put it crassly—who is bought and paid for entirely by the Russians.
Sorry, Snowden: Putin Lied to You About His Surveillance State—And Made You a Pawn of It|Eli Lake|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is not crassly referred to as a cheater, a scoundrel or a liar.
Petraeus Affair Stereotypes: The General, The Flirt And The Harlot|Robin Givhan|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Few things ruin a novel faster than an author who crassly puts children in jeopardy just to earn a thrill.
5 Hot Summer Thrillers|David J. Montgomery|June 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Here was a government so crassly wicked and purposely blind as to profess neutrality and yet refuse to fight our battles!
Recollections|David Christie Murray
Even scientific men are sometimes as crassly incredulous as the uncultured masses.
Mythical Monsters|Charles Gould
It was strange that hitherto he should have been so crassly blind.
Lochinvar|S. R. Crockett
They were not so crassly or grossly materialistic as the present age undoubtedly is.
Winning His "W"|Everett Titsworth Tomlinson
He says she is too crassly material to appreciate his knowledge of chemistry.
I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for crassly

crass

/ (kræs) /

adjective

stupid; gross

Derived forms of crass

crassly, adverbcrassness or crassitude, noun

Word Origin for crass

C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross

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crass

adjective, crass·er, crass·est.

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