crass
/icons/point.icon STUPID, DULL, DENSE, CRASS, DUMB mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions.
STUPID implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.
e.g. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink
DULL suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.
e.g. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull
DENSE implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.
e.g. too dense to take a hint
CRASS suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.
e.g. a crass, materialistic people
DUMB applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension.
e.g. too dumb to figure out what's going on
adjective
lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence:
〈人･行為などが〉鈍感な, 無神経な; 〖通例名詞の前で〗はなはだしい〈無知･愚かさ･無神経など〉
e.g. the crass assumptions that men make about women.
DERIVATIVES
crassitude |ˈkrasəˌt(y)o͞od| noun
crassly |ˈkraslē| adverb
crassness |ˈkrasnəs| noun
ORIGIN
late 15th century (in the sense ‘dense or coarse’): from Latin crassus ‘solid, thick’.