crass Definition
crass (kras)
adjective
- grossly stupid, dull, or obtuse
- tasteless, insensitive, and coarse
- money-grubbing; blatantly materialistic
Etymology: L crassus, thick, gross, fat, akin to cratis: see crate
crass Related Forms
crass′ly adverb
crass′·ness noun or cras′·si·tude′-ə to̵̅o̅d′, -ə tyo̵̅o̅d′
crass Synonyms
crass Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
say: I also survived lunch without being verbally skewered like an unworthy politician for saying something crass.
Modifies a noun
- commercialism: Every year the message of Christmas is subsumed ever more by the crass commercialism of the market.
- stupidity: Absolutely; it was a moment of crass stupidity.
- insensitivity: And there's more in a similar vein: " I cannot believe the crass insensitivity of this fake newsflash.
- opportunism: Nevertheless, putting that chameleon-like behavior aside, there was nothing inevitable about such crass opportunism.
- materialism: Some object to the monetary incentives as crass materialism and argue for donors receiving no more than medical expenses and insurance policies.
- incompetence: Some of his behavior may well have been exemplary but he has presided, at the very least, over crass incompetence and leaks.
Modifying Another Word
- so: How could anyone be so crass as to spoil such a place?
- too: Not to be too crass, ( that's for the news networks ) the impacts are TV gold.
- rather: The fundamentalists would almost have a rather crass resuscitation view.
- little: On the other hand, it sometimes seems a little crass.
- sometimes: Why does it then use the license fee to promote uneducated - indeed sometimes crass - ' pop ' ?
- really: MikeS 15 Dec 2005 A really crass article with equally stupid responses and I vote conservative!
Infinitive complement
say: Some people were so crass as to say that we wanted the mighty American dollar.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It isn't of course, but here Barker's political message seems crass.
- sound: It may sound crass, but for poor flyers this is the third way.
Preposition: in
extreme: His latest intervention is not only crass in the extreme.
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