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   gross

   /ɡrōs/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable; blatant: "gross human rights abuses" Similar flagrantblatantglaringobviousovertevidentconspicuousnakedbarefacedshamelessbrazenaudaciousbrass-neckedundisguisedunconcealedpatenttransparentmanifestpalpableout and oututtercompleteoutrageousscandalousshockingdisgracefulreprehensibledreadfulterribleenormousheinousatrociousmonstrouswickediniquitousvillainousarchaic:arrantOpposite minor
   • 2. (of income, profit, or interest) without deduction of tax or other contributions; total: "the gross amount of the gift was $1,000" Similar totalwholeentirecompletefulloverallcomprehensiveaggregatebefore deductionsbefore taxOpposite net
   • ▪ (of weight) including all contents, fittings, wrappings, or other variable items; overall: "a projected gross takeoff weight of 500,000 pounds"
   • ▪ (of a score in golf) as actually played, without taking handicap into account.
   • 3. very rude or coarse; vulgar: "the duties we felt called upon to perform toward our inferiors were only gross, material ones" Similar vulgarcoarsecrudeobsceneruderibaldlewdbawdydirtyfilthyearthysmuttyrisquéindecentindelicateimproperimpureunseemlyoffensivepornographicinformal:sleazypornopornraunchynaughtybluesteamyspicylocker-roomfruitysaucynear the knuckleclose to the bonegamyeuphemistic:adultrare:concupiscentboorishloutishoafishthuggishbrutishbearishNeanderthalphilistinecoarseuncouthunsavorycrassvulgarcommonunrefinedunsophisticateduncultureduncultivatedundiscriminatingtastelessinsensitiveunfeelingimperceptivecallousinformal:cloddishslobbishplebbyclodhoppingyobbishockerOpposite purerefined
   • ▪ unattractively large or bloated: "I feel fat, gross—even my legs feel flabby" Similar obesecorpulentoverweightfatbiglargeoutsizeoutsizedmassiveimmensehugecolossalfleshyflabbyportlybloatedbulkylumpishinformal:hulkingporkypudgytubbyblubberyroly-polypodgyfubsylard-arsedrare:pursyabdominousOpposite slender
   • ▪ very unpleasant; repulsive: informal "it's disgusting and gross, but it's a fact" Similar disgustingrepellentrepulsiveabhorrentloathsomedetestablesickeningnauseatingnauseousstomach-churningstomach-turningoff-puttingunpalatableunappetizinguninvitingunsavorydistastefulfoulnastyobnoxiousodiousvomitousinformal:yuckyickysick-makinggut-churninggrottyarchaic:disgustfulOpposite lovely
   • 4. general or large-scale; not fine or detailed: "at the gross anatomical level"

   adverb

   • 1. without tax or other contributions having been deducted: "if the value of your Bond is $50,000 or more the interest will be paid gross"

   verb

   • 1. produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income: "the film went on to gross $8 million in the U.S"

   noun

   • 1. an amount equal to twelve dozen; 144: "fifty-five gross of tins of processed milk"
   • 2. a gross profit or income: "the box-office grosses mounted"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. grossness noun

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