CRASS
What does "CRASS" mean?
Showing a lack of sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence; coarse and tactless.
Meanings
- Insensitive, coarse, or stupid in a way that shows no thought for others. Making jokes at a funeral was a crass thing to do.
- Gross or obvious in degree, especially of stupidity or ignorance. The report was full of crass errors that a quick check would have caught. formal
Word origin
From Latin 'crassus' meaning 'thick, dense, solid'; the figurative sense of mental thickness or grossness developed in English by the 16th century.
Remember it
CRASS sounds like 'crash' without the polish - a crass remark crashes into a room with no brakes.
A little poem
He laughed too loud at someone else's fall;
the crass forget that walls have ears, and all.
couplet
What it teaches
Bluntness is not honesty; it is only the part of honesty that forgot to care.
Quick facts
What does CRASS mean?
Showing a lack of sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence; coarse and tactless.
Is CRASS a valid word?
Yes — CRASS is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRASS?
CRASS has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRASS come from?
From Latin 'crassus' meaning 'thick, dense, solid'; the figurative sense of mental thickness or grossness developed in English by the 16th century.
What can CRASS teach us?
Bluntness is not honesty; it is only the part of honesty that forgot to care.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.