gross

[ grohs ]

/ groʊs /

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adjective, gross·er, gross·est.

without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net²): gross earnings; gross sales.

unqualified; complete; rank: a gross scoundrel.

flagrant and extreme: gross injustice.

indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross remarks.

lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.

large, big, or bulky.

extremely or excessively fat.

thick; dense; heavy: gross vegetation.

of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.

Slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting: He wore an outfit that was absolutely gross.

noun, plural gross for 11, gross·es for 12, 13.

a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.

total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net²def 5).

Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.

verb (used with object)

to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.: The company grossed over three million dollars last year.

Verb Phrases

gross out, Slang.

to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.
to shock or horrify.

Nearby words

gros point, gros ventre, grosbeak, groschen, grosgrain, gross, gross anatomy, gross domestic product, gross income, gross national product, gross one out

Origin of gross

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French gros large (as noun, grosse twelve dozen) < Late Latin gross(us) thick, coarse

SYNONYMS FOR gross

3 shameful, outrageous, heinous, grievous. See flagrant.

4 low, animal, sensual, broad.

6 massive, great.

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ANTONYMS FOR gross

4 decent.

6 delicate, small.

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gross·ly, adverbgross·ness, nounout·gross, verb (used with object)o·ver·gross, adjective

o·ver·gross·ly, adverbo·ver·gross·ness, nounun·gross, adjective

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Examples from the Web for grossness

While the rioting was obviously the low point of the week, it was more a continuation on a theme of grossness than a wild outlier.
U.S. Open of Surfing Turns Into Riot|Mark Lukach|July 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Robert Kennedy hated Johnson's grossness, his lies, his bullying of staff, his self-indulgence with whisky and food.
David's Bookclub: Mutual Contempt|David Frum|April 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fortunately there was no grossness, no clownishness of behavior, which would have irreparably offended his fastidious taste.
Rose Charlitte|Marshall Saunders
It takes away half the joys and refinements of life; it increases its dulness and grossness.
Phaedrus|Plato

What would he say to the grossness without passion and the misanthropy without feeling of Gulliver's Travels?
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV|Thomas Moore
In these the poet sins, however, more from carelessness of humour than grossness of imagination.
Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper|Francisco de Quevedo
My reappearance disgusted him, and he had the grossness to show it.
The American|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for grossness

gross

/ (ɡrəʊs) /

adjective

repellently or excessively fat or bulky

with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; totalgross sales; gross income Compare net 2 (def. 1)

(of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar

obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrantgross inefficiency

lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discriminationgross judgments

(esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant

obsolete coarse in texture or quality

rare rude; uneducated; ignorant

interjection slang

an exclamation indicating disgust

noun

plural gross a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen

plural grosses

the entire amount
the great majority

verb (tr)

to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc

Derived Forms

grossly, adverbgrossness, noun

Word Origin for gross

C14: from Old French gros large, from Late Latin grossus thick

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Medicine definitions for grossness

Gross

[ grōs ]

Samuel David 1805-1884

American surgeon and educator who wrote widely influential medical treatises, including A System of Surgery (1859).

Culture definitions for grossness

gross

Exclusive of deductions, prior to taxation, as in gross income. (Compare net.) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product.

gross

adjective, gross·er, gross·est.

noun, plural gross for 11, gross·es for 12, 13.

verb (used with object)

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