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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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Other Word Forms

  • crassly adverb
  • crassness noun
  • ˈ adverb
  • ˈԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crass1

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

Origin of crass1

C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross
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LGBTQ+ advocates also criticized the rule change, but for different reasons, calling it a crass capitulation that singled out a teenager to appease a crowd of bullies picking a political fight.

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“He would be sick,” Spencer said, guessing the recoil the nation’s 40th president would have had if he’d witnessed the crass and corrupt behavior of the 45th and 47th one.

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At the time he said he was "angry and emotional" about poverty when he made the "crass remark".

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The words in question were crass, sure, and some people undoubtedly found them offensive — but they weren’t dangerous, by any reasonable standard.

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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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