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 flattery
crass propaganda
2
: guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values
crass commercialism
crass measures of success
crassly
adverb
crassness
noun
Examples of crass in a Sentence
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 …
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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
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
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Dear Abby: Is there a way to tell the crass shirttail relations that they’re not invited?
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
But beyond the crass remarks about Read, experts say less explosive messages about Proctor's early opinions of the investigation could be damning.
—Julia Bonavita , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
What keeps these series from coming off as crass is the genuine camaraderie that connects their characters and shelters them, to some extent, from the precariousness of their lives.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2025
But is that crass move worthy of a $500,000 claim against the city?
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
But beyond the crass remarks about Read, experts say less explosive messages about Proctor's early opinions of the investigation could be damning.
—Julia Bonavita , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
What keeps these series from coming off as crass is the genuine camaraderie that connects their characters and shelters them, to some extent, from the precariousness of their lives.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2025
But is that crass move worthy of a $500,000 claim against the city?
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
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“Crass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crass. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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crass
adjective
: showing no interest in the finer things : insensitive
crassly
adverb
crassness
noun
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