crass

crass
crassly, adv.crassness, n.
/kras/, adj., crasser, crassest.
1. without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
2. Archaic. thick; coarse.
[1535-45; ( < MF) < L crassus thick, dense, fat, heavy]
Syn. 1. dull, boorish, oafish, indelicate.

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