Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Thick; coarse; gross; not thin nor fine: now chiefly used of immaterial things.
- Gross; stupid; obtuse: as, crass ignorance.
- n. A species of sea-anemone, Bunodes crassicornis.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
Etymologies
- Latin crassus, dense.
Examples
“Many of the Reformers (by my reading of them) condemned the notion of real presence (and transubstantiation) because they interpreted it as a fleshy and physical presence (what you call crass and I might call immoderate realist).”
“That view is upheld by LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik, who asks what he calls the crass question - "What is Apple Inc's plan if CEO Steve Jobs dies?”
“Liefeld engaging in crass commercialism and embracing gimmicks?”
“Solutions that seem pompous and crass from the Conservative think tank.”
“It has been an exercise in crass populism and political stupidity almost without equal in the Telegraph.”
“To think: Hooters, engaging in crass gender stereotyping.”
“The NL nationalists and others of a more provincial rights bent have been effectively used here for short term crass political gain.”
“It is just now coming of age as a journalistic medium and tends to wallow in crass humor and sarcasm.”
“The problem with that is that most if not all of the "leadership" that Bush has demonstrated after that has been wasted in crass political usage and by pissing off any allies we might have won in the run-up to invading Iraq for no other reason than pique.”
“Print South Gloucestershire Councillor cuts tweet 'was crass' A message posted by a councillor on Twitter saying his authority was "clearly not cutting enough" has been described as "crass".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crass’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Public List: Two by Fives
This is an experiment in public lists--something I've been thinking about for some time. The goal is to create a collection of short, powerful, evocative words.
This is an open list. A...icy, howl, hymn, thorn, fire, vile, mist, blunt, scum, dark, shot, gleam and 137 more...
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avfordomd's list
lexicon
copacetic, amiable, philanthropic, misanthropic, gregarious, vehement, parcel, congregate, paucity, passel, multitudinous, pulchritudinous and 98 more...
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SAT Words
But only the ones that I don't already know.
abase, abash, abominate, abstruse, acclivity, accolade, accost, adroit, adulate, adulterate, adumbrate, affray and 241 more...
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Band or Brand?
Band names that are also common words or phrases.
genesis, who, beatles, journey, germs, sublime, doors, cars, nirvana, bangles, tool, pixies and 192 more...
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Ruzuzu's Big Ass List
If you're looking for long s examples, see here.
ass, assess, asshole, basso profondo, basso profundo, crass, assay, mr. ass itch, compass, slag-ass macaroon, brass, class and 40 more...
cravinforclavin but this is a song about death. Dec 7, 2006