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List of meaning for gross

disgusting, nasty

gross, 144(noun)

twelve dozen

gross, revenue, receipts(adj)

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

gross(adj)

before any deductions

"gross income"

gross(adj)

lacking fine distinctions or detail

"the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"

gross, porcine(adj)

repellently fat

"a bald porcine old man"

megascopic, gross(adj)

visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated(adj)

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

"an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

crude, earthy, gross, vulgar(adj)

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

"coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank(verb)

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

"a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

gross(verb)

earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society

he was thrown out of class for making a gross gesture

having an excess of body fat

a very gross cat trying to squeeze through a small opening in the fence

lacking in refinement or good taste

she haughtily refused to mix with what she called "the gross masses who are unappreciative of fine art"

very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad

a gross mistake that some proofreader should have caught

causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment

the little boy insisted that worms are gross

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