Definition of crass
1a
: 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
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The first known use of crass was circa 1625
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