Gross

Quick meaning: Gross is an adjective meaning (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

Meaning

(of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

More Meanings

1. Of an amount: excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
2. (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
3. (informal, Australia, Canada, US) Causing disgust.
4. Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
5. (of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
6. (of a substance) Dense, heavy.
7. (of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.

Example Sentences

What is the gross sum that I owe thee?

gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight

a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult

Your very faults, how gross soere, to me / Have something pleasing in ’em.

Word Forms

• grosser
• grossest
• grosses
• grossing
• grossed

Synonyms for gross

Depending on context, synonyms include serious, flagrant, shameful, appalling, egregious, unmitigated.

Antonyms for gross

Common opposites include net, microscopic, fine, nett.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include indecent, crude, egregious, coarse, vulgar, arrant.

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