crass
- without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
- Archaic. thick; coarse.
Origin of crass
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harshly, crudely, bluntly, clearly, crassly, loudly, roughly, sharply, barbarously, brazenly, coarsely, contemptuously, curtly, disrespectfully, indecently, indecorously, insolently, sassily, snootily, tactlesslyExamples from the Web for crassly
Contemporary Examples of crassly
At first—it was the early stages of reporting—I was amused at having been so crassly underestimated.
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 ItEli Lake
April 18, 2014
He is not crassly referred to as a cheater, a scoundrel or a liar.
Few things ruin a novel faster than an author who crassly puts children in jeopardy just to earn a thrill.
Historical Examples of crassly
In order to apply the severest test the query should be a crassly foolish one.
UruguayW. H. Koebel
It was strange that hitherto he should have been so crassly blind.
LochinvarS. R. Crockett
He says she is too crassly material to appreciate his knowledge of chemistry.
I Walked in ArdenJack Crawford
It represented the legal ethics of a society on most of its sides brutally and crassly individualistic.
German Culture Past and PresentErnest Belfort Bax
Even scientific men are sometimes as crassly incredulous as the uncultured masses.
Mythical MonstersCharles Gould
crass
- stupid; gross
Word Origin for crass
Word Origin and History for crassly
crass
1540s, from Middle French crasse (16c.), from Latin crassus "solid, thick, fat; dense." The literal sense always has been rare in English; meaning "grossly stupid" is recorded from 1650s, from French. Related: Crassly; crassness.