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.

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Origin of crass

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

OTHER WORDS FROM crass

crass·ly, adverbcrass·ness, noun

Words nearby crass

crashaw, crashing, crashproof, crashworthiness, crasis, crass, crassitude, crassulacean acid metabolism, crassulaceous, crassus, cratch
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Words related to crassly

harshly, crudely, bluntly, clearly, loudly, roughly, sharply, barbarously, brazenly, coarsely, contemptuously, curtly, disrespectfully, indecently, indecorously, insolently, sassily, snootily, tactlessly, unabashedly

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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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