crass
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| 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
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] —Related forms
crassly, adverb
crassness, noun
—Synonyms 1. dull, boorish, oafish, indelicate.
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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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crass
1545, from M.Fr. crasse, from L. crassus "solid, thick, dense." The literal sense has always been rare in Eng.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
crass1 [krӕs] adjective
very obvious or very great
Example: a crass mistake
crass2 [krӕs] adjectiveExample: a crass mistake
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stupid
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insensitive
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Crass
Crash\, n. [L. crassus coarse. See Crass.] Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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