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crassness

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crass  (krs)
adj. crass·er, crass·est
So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
[Latin crassus, dense.]
crassi·tude (--td, -tyd), crassness n.
crassly adv.
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Noun1.crassness - the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
crassitude
insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
crassness
noun insensitivity, stupidity, vulgarity, coarseness, boorishness, tactlessness, grossness, oafishness, denseness, indelicacy, asininity We were stunned by the crassness of his conversation.
Translations
crassness [ˈkræsnɪs] N → estupidez f
crassness [ˈkræsnɪs] n [behaviour] → grossièreté f
crassness
n (= insensitivity) → Krassheit f; (= coarseness) → Derbheit f
crassness [ˈkræsnɪs] n (of error) → grossolanità
crassness [ˈkræsnɪs] n (of error) → grossolanità


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The lighter sort of malignity, turneth but to a crassness, or frowardness, or aptness to oppose, or difficulties, or the like; but the deeper sort, to envy and mere mischief.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
And, as she stood in the doorway a moment later, her eyes taking in one by one, the murky windows, the dirty floor, the unwashed dishes, the tumbled bed, the rusty, grease bespattered stove choked with cold ashes, she told herself hotly that it was not the dirt nor even the desperate crassness that was smothering her joy.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
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