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crass

[ kras ]

adjective

crasser, crassest.
  1. without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:

    crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. Archaic. thick; coarse.


crass

/ æ /

adjective

  1. stupid; gross
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adverb
  • ˈԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • l adverb
  • n noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crass1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Middle French, from Latin crassus “fat, thick”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crass1

C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross
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Now, one can act as crassly as one likes without feeling shame and social opprobrium, because everything is done in a higher political cause.

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They’ll recall Simpson’s relentless attacks on the program and its beneficiaries beginning around 2010, which he pursued with noxious glee, crass insults and outright lies.

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Lutnick’s dismissal of the effect of delayed payments on millions of Americans was so crass and cavalier it would make Ayn Rand blush.

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Those other countries don’t seem to have the same proportion of crass blowhards in their political structure as the U.S.

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Mr Ross asked: "Do you think it's crass and wholly inappropriate that the number of job losses were included in that password?"

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