Word
crass
US/ˈkɹæs/
UK/kɹˈɑːs/
Definition
adj. showing a lack of taste, sensitivity, or good manners. You use this to describe someone who is rude or makes a situation feel uncomfortable.
adj. lacking refinement, sensitivity, or good taste; showing a lack of social grace or sophistication. Often used to describe behavior that is tactless or insensitive to others.
Examples
“His crass comments made everyone in the room uncomfortable.”
“The politician's crass remarks about his opponent's personal life were widely criticized by the media.”
“The film's crass attempt at humor failed to resonate with the audience, who felt the jokes were more offensive than funny.”
Examples
simple
“His crass comments made everyone in the room uncomfortable.”
contextual
“The politician's crass remarks about his opponent's personal life were widely criticized by the media.”
complex
“The film's crass attempt at humor failed to resonate with the audience, who felt the jokes were more offensive than funny.”
Real-World Examples
“And given that heart-wrenching death, how crass it was for him to announce later on social media that his trans daughter had “died” of “woke mind virus”.” “And I would do a lot better than Norman St John-Stevas , who had ruined my father’s service with his crass middle-class antics.” Etymology
From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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