crassness
Lacking all refinement
Crassness is crude insensitivity or vulgarity—a lack of refinement in behavior, speech, or judgment.
Where crass describes the quality, crassness names the thing itself: The crassness of his joke silenced the room.
It often suggests not just rudeness but obliviousness to how one's behavior affects others.
Cruel emotional indifference
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
- inconsideratenessDisregard for others' feelings
heartlessness · coldness · indifference · obtuseness · tone-deafness · unfeeling · hardheartedness · boorishness
Indecent word or act
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- bawdinessIndecent or vulgar quality
- ribaldryVulgar or indecent humor
raunchiness · smut · indecorum · impropriety · crudity · salaciousness · foulness · offensiveness
Excessive desire for wealth
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
flashiness · conspicuous · shallowness · superficiality · mercenary · philistinism · tastelessness · gaudiness
Abrupt, rude directness
- gruffnessHarsh, rough manner
- abruptnessSudden, unexpected manner
- curtnessRudely brief speech
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
abrasiveness · forthrightness · directness · terseness · roughness · undiplomatic · ungracious · indelicacy
callousness
Cruel emotional indifference
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
inconsiderateness · heartlessness · coldness · indifference · obtuseness · tone-deafness · unfeeling · hardheartedness · boorishness · uncouthness
obscenity
Indecent word or act
ribaldry · raunchiness · smut · indecorum · impropriety · crudity · salaciousness · foulness · offensiveness · tawdriness
greed
Excessive desire for wealth
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
gaudy · flashiness · conspicuous · shallowness · superficiality · mercenary · philistinism · tastelessness · gaudiness · showiness
brusqueness
Abrupt, rude directness
- gruffnessHarsh, rough manner
- abruptnessSudden, unexpected manner
- curtnessRudely brief speech
harshness · abrasiveness · forthrightness · directness · terseness · roughness · undiplomatic · ungracious · indelicacy · plainspoken
- insensitivitycallousness, cold-heartedness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inconsideration
- social blundersgaffe, faux pas, misstep, blooper, flub
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- bad mannersrudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility, disrespect
- tackinesstackiness, gaudiness, garishness, tawdriness, trashiness
crassnessrefinement
Elegance of manner
elegance · polish · cultivation · sophistication · grace
crassnesssensitivity
Responsiveness to stimuli
tact · consideration · thoughtfulness · delicacy · graciousness
crassnesstastefulness
Refined aesthetic sensibility
good taste · decency · propriety · decorum · seemliness