different between crass vs unpolished

English

Etymology

From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k?æs/
• Rhymes: -æs

Adjective

crass (comparative crasser, superlative crassest)

1. coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination
   • 2002, Mike Tyson to the Media,

     You guys would rather be with someone else who’s equal to your status in life. Tiger Woods, or somebody. I comes across as crass, a Neanderthal, a babbling idiot sometimes. I like to show you that person. I like that person.

2. materialistic
3. dense
4. Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.

Antonyms

• (coarse; crude; not refined, insensitive): delicate, sensitive, refined

Derived terms

• crassly
• crassness

Translations

Anagrams

• csars, scars

English

Etymology

un- +? polished

Adjective

unpolished (comparative more unpolished, superlative most unpolished)

1. Not polished; not brought to a polish.
2. Deprived of polish.
3. Not refined in manners or style

   Synonyms: plain, rude, uncivilized; see also Thesaurus:impolite

   Antonyms: civilized, polished, refined

Derived terms

• unpolishedness

Translations

References

• unpolished in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “unpolished”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.