单词	crassness
释义	crass adjective ˈkras  1 a : gross sense 2a especially : having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination b : being beneath one's dignity crass concerns of daily life c —used as a pejorative intensifier crass flatterycrass propaganda 2 : guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values crass commercialism crass measures of success crassly adverb crassness noun Synonyms coarse common crude gross ill-bred illiberal [archaic] incult insensible low lowbred lowbrow raffish rough rough-hewn roughneck rude rugged tasteless uncouth uncultivated uncultured unpolished unrefined vulgar See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences We are urgently in need of progress, but not if it means the kind of crass complacency that ignores the fact that history for most men and women to date has meant misery and fruitless toil … Terry Eagleton, Harper's, March 2005 Minor criticism though it was compared to the rest, the most galling calumny of all as far as Gaius Marius was concerned was the perpetual inference that he was unacceptably crass because he had no Greek. Colleen McCullough, The First Man in Rome, (1990) 1991 He had removed her from that crass monied Middle Atlantic society where she had seemed stilted and fragile. John Updike, Couples, 1968 A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments. a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments Recent Examples on the Web That includes the crass and hypocritical efforts last year to paint Saule Omarova, a banking law expert at Cornell Law School who had been nominated as comptroller of the currency, as a closet communist. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 Examples abound, but one of the latest is the party’s embrace of weak energy policies and its decision to play footsie with the Left’s climate hysterics for crass political purposes. Chip Roy, National Review, 5 July 2022 Miyake’s origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 Miyake’s origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. Yuri Kageyama, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022 Her Diana was temperamental, petty and crass, but ultimately winning. New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022 Elvis would never have been so crass as to have fired Colonel from the stage. Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2022 To be crass, there’s also the not inconsequential need to service $30 trillion in federal debt. James Freeman, WSJ, 24 May 2022 And Instagram fatigue is about more than crass performativity: Users have also grown tired of platforms’ incessant interchangeability. Wired, 7 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin crassus thick, gross First Known Use circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a crassness noun as in rudeness the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste the crassness of the observation shocked everyone into silence Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance rudeness lowness vulgarity grossness crudeness coarseness tastelessness roughness crudity commonness indelicacy rawness boorishness churlishness brutishness uncouthness rusticity gracelessness rowdiness artlessness inelegance raffishness loutishness clownishness insensitivity insensitiveness tackiness thoughtlessness kitsch unsophistication indelicateness Antonyms & Near Antonyms gentility refinement cultivation tastefulness urbanity elegance polish graciousness courtliness sensitivity grace thoughtfulness consideration genteelness See More
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