crass

crass
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. coarse, crude, gross, unrefined, raw; obtuse, dense, stupid. See vulgarity, ignorance. Ant., sensitive, refined.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. gross, coarse, unrefined, materialistic; see coarse 2 , rude 1 , vulgar 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[KRASS]
ignorant and insensitive, indelicate.
We were mortified by his crass jokes.
SYN.: ignorant, stupid, insensitive, unfeeling, coarse, vulgar, boorish, uncouth, rough, lowbrow, gross, unrefined, philistine, crude.
ANT.: sensitive, refined, delicate
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar. See COURTESY, SMOOTH.

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