gross

About 20.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; Highly or conspicuously offensive.

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

2. adjective Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

   gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight

3. adjective Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

   gross anatomy

4. adjective Causing disgust.

   I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.

5. adjective Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
6. adjective Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
7. adjective Dense, heavy.
8. adjective Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.

Similar words

indecent crude egregious coarse vulgar arrant flagrant stark sodding crying

Often followed by

income national domestic and profit receipts estate margin sales

Word family

David Gross David J Gross David J. Gross David Jonathan Gross Gross grossed grosser grossers grosses grossest