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crass

  [kras]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
2. Archaic. thick; coarse.
Origin:
1535–45; (< MF) < L crassus thick, dense, fat, heavy

Related forms:
crassly, adverb
crassness, noun

Synonyms:
1. dull, boorish, oafish, indelicate.
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crass   (krās)   
adj.   crass·er, crass·est
So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.

[Latin crassus, dense.]
crass'i·tude' (-ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd'), crass'ness n., crass'ly adv.
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