adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kɹæs/
/kɹɑːs/
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rhymes with -æs
CMU ARPABET:K R AE1 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: delicate, sensitive, refined
2
adj
Meaning 2
Materialistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Physically dense or thick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
груб
(grub)
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Bulgarian:
нечувствителен
(nečuvstvitelen)
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Catalan:
cras
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Czech:
hrubý
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Czech:
nehorázný
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Czech:
bezohledný
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Czech:
neomalený
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Danish:
kras
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Dutch:
grof
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Dutch:
ruw
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Dutch:
ongevoelig
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Dutch:
insensibel
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Finnish:
röyhkeä
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Finnish:
karkea
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
French:
grossier
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
French:
grossière
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
French:
crasse
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
German:
krass
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Hungarian:
vaskos
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Hungarian:
durva
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Irish:
garbh
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Irish:
gránna
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Irish:
tútach
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Italian:
grossolano
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Māori:
tūhourangi
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Norwegian Bokmål:
krass
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Norwegian Nynorsk:
krass
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Polish:
chamski
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Polish:
prostacki
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Portuguese:
crasso
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Portuguese:
grosseiro
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Romanian:
cras
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Romanian:
grosolan
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Romanian:
grosier
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Russian:
гру́бый
(grúbyj)
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Serbo-Croatian:
grub
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Slovak:
hrubý
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Spanish:
craso
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Spanish:
grosero
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Spanish:
bruto
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Swedish:
krass
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Ukrainian:
грубий
(hrubyj)
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
Ukrainian:
тупий
(tupyj)
— coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive
