crass

[ kras ]

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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.

Origin of crass

First recorded in 1535–45; from Middle French, from Latin crassus “fat, thick”

Other words for crass

1	dull, boorish, oafish, indelicate

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Other words from crass

crassly, adverb
crassness, noun

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How to use crass in a sentence

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 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
Political parties tried crassly to make deals to amend the Chief Rabbinate Law, aiming to help particular candidates.
For Israeli Chief Rabbi: Nobody | Gershom Gorenberg | July 15, 2013 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
More crassly, why are Bill and Hillary together while Al and Tipper have separated?
TV's Scorned Political Wife | Robert King | July 13, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

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
In short, a born liar, credulous and barbarous, crassly ignorant and inconceivably stubborn.'
Ghetto Comedies | Israel Zangwill
With Hamsun the conflict is more fine-spun than that which Heiberg has painted rather crassly.
Knut Hamsun | Hanna Astrup Larsen
Anybody less crassly armoured in self-love than Purcell must have been touched.
The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for crass

crass

/ (kræs) /

adjective

stupid; gross

Origin of crass

C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross

Derived forms of crass

crassly, adverb
crassness or crassitude, noun

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