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.

OTHER WORDS FOR crass

1 dull, boorish, oafish, indelicate.

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Origin of crass

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

OTHER WORDS FROM crass

crassly, adverbcrassness, 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|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
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|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

More crassly, why are Bill and Hillary together while Al and Tipper have separated?
TV's Scorned Political Wife|Robert King|July 13, 2010|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

Derived forms of crass

crassly, adverbcrassness or crassitude, noun

Word Origin for crass

C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross

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