gross
without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net): 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.
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.
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net).
Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.
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.
gross out, Slang.
to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.
to shock or horrify.
Origin of gross
1synonym study For gross
Other words for gross
Opposites for gross
Other words from gross
- gross·ly, adverb
- gross·ness, noun
- out·gross, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·gross, adjective
- o·ver·gross·ness, noun
- un·gross, adjective
Other definitions for Gross (2 of 2)
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How to use gross in a sentence
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.
Robert Kennedy hated Johnson's grossness, his lies, his bullying of staff, his self-indulgence with whisky and food.
There is seldom, if ever, any grossness in these spontaneous songs of the people—never indecency or double meaning.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetTo them all his prattle was captivating, devoid as it was of the grossness so conspicuous in his 177 poems.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinThe question of verbal indecency or grossness has really very little to do with the matter.
The English Stage | Augustin Filon
Faith delivers us from grossness of spirit, from lethargy, earthliness, stupor.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews | Thomas Charles EdwardsWe must put away our own grossness, as athletes rid themselves by severe training of all superfluous flesh.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews | Thomas Charles Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for gross
/ (ɡrəʊs) /
repellently or excessively fat or bulky
with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total: gross sales; gross income Compare net 2 (def. 1)
(of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar
obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant: gross inefficiency
lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination: gross judgments
(esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant
obsolete coarse in texture or quality
rare rude; uneducated; ignorant
an exclamation indicating disgust
plural gross a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen
plural grosses
the entire amount
the great majority
to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc
Origin of gross
1Derived forms of gross
- grossly, adverb
- grossness, noun
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Cultural definitions for gross
Exclusive of deductions, prior to taxation, as in gross income. (Compare net.) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product.
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