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   crass

   /kras/

   adjective

   • 1. showing no intelligence or sensitivity: "the crass assumptions that men make about women" Similar stupidinsensitiveblunderingdensethickvacuousmindlesswitlessdoltishoafishboorishasininebovinecoarsegrossinformal:pig-ignorantgrossuttersheerdownrighttotalout-and-outoutrightvery greatcompleteabsolutethoroughperfectblatantunmitigatedunqualifiedglaringundisguisednakedOpposite intelligent

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘dense or coarse’): from Latin crassus ‘solid, thick’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. crassitude noun
   • 2. crassly adverb
   • 3. crassness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • R

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