crass

English

Etymology

From Latin crassus (“dense”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kræs/
• (US) IPA: /kræs/
• Rhymes: -æs

Adjective

crass (comparative crasser, superlative crassest)

1. coarse; crude; not refined or sensible
   • 2002, Mike Tyson to the Media,

     You guys would rather be with someone else who’s equal to your status in life. Tiger Woods, or somebody. I comes across as crass, a Neanderthal, a babbling idiot sometimes. I like to show you that person. I like that person. [...]

2. materialistic
3. dense

Antonyms

• (coarse; crude; not refined or sensible): delicate, sensible, refined

Translations

coarse; crude; not refined or sensible

Dutch: grof (nl), ruw (nl), ongevoelig (nl), insensibel (nl) Finnish: röyhkeä (fi), karkea (fi) French: grossier (fr) m., grossière (fr) f., crasse (fr) m. and f. Hungarian: vaskos (hu), durva (hu)

Italian: grossolano (it) Norwegian: krasse (no) Spanish: craso (es)

materialistic

Dutch: materialistisch (nl)

dense

Dutch: dicht (nl), opeengepakt (nl)

Anagrams

• scars