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crass
[kras]
adjective
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid.
crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
Synonyms: , , ,Archaic.thick; coarse.
crass
/ æ /
adjective
stupid; gross
Other Word Forms
- crassly adverb
- crassness noun
- ˈ adverb
- ˈԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of crass1
Word History and Origins
Origin of crass1
Example Sentences
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.
“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.
At the time he said he was "angry and emotional" about poverty when he made the "crass remark".
The words in question were crass, sure, and some people undoubtedly found them offensive — but they weren’t dangerous, by any reasonable standard.
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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