crassly

  • 51crass — adjective showing a gross lack of intelligence or sensitivity. Derivatives crassitude noun crassly adverb crassness noun Origin C15 (in the sense dense or coarse ): from L. crassus solid, thick …

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  • 52crass — adjective behaving in a way that shows you do not understand other people s feelings, or care about them: crass stupidity | a crass commercial adventure crassly adverb …

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  • 53crass — UK [kræs] / US adjective Word forms crass : adjective crass comparative crasser superlative crassest stupid and offensive because of not being sensitive to other people s feelings Derived words: crassly adverb crassness noun uncountable …

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  • 54crass — [kræs] adj offensive and not sensitive to other people s feelings crassly adv …

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  • 55crass — /kræs / (say kras) adjective 1. gross; stupid: crass ignorance. 2. thick; coarse. {Latin crassus solid, thick, dense, fat} –crassly, adverb –crassness, noun …

  • 56white shoe brigade — noun 1. crassly commercial people, especially property developers. 2. the group of businesspeople in Queensland, many of them property developers, who actively supported the 1980s campaign to make Joh Bjelke Petersen prime minister of Australia.… …

  • 57whore — (hôr) n. 1) A prostitute. 2) Often Offensive A person considered sexually promiscuous. 3) A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. intr.v. whored, whor·ing, whores 1) To associate or have sexual relations with pros …

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  • 58crass — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ grossly insensitive and unintelligent. DERIVATIVES crassly adverb crassness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dense or coarse»: from Latin crassus solid, thick …

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  • 59crassness — crass ► ADJECTIVE ▪ grossly insensitive and unintelligent. DERIVATIVES crassly adverb crassness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dense or coarse»: from Latin crassus solid, thick …

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  • 60crass — [kras] adj. [L crassus, thick, gross, fat, akin to cratis: see CRATE] 1. grossly stupid, dull, or obtuse 2. tasteless, insensitive, and coarse 3. money grubbing; blatantly materialistic crassly adv. crassness n. crassitude [kras′ə to͞od΄, kras′ə… …

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