gross
adjective
[ ɡrəʊs ]
• (especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable.
• "gross human rights abuses"
Similar:
flagrant,
blatant,
glaring,
obvious,
overt,
evident,
conspicuous,
naked,
barefaced,
shameless,
brazen,
audacious,
brass-necked,
undisguised,
unconcealed,
patent,
transparent,
manifest,
palpable,
out and out,
utter,
complete,
outrageous,
scandalous,
shocking,
disgraceful,
reprehensible,
dreadful,
terrible,
enormous,
heinous,
atrocious,
monstrous,
wicked,
iniquitous,
villainous,
arrant,
• (of income, profit, or interest) without deduction of tax or other contributions; total.
• "the gross amount of the gift was £1,000"
Similar:
total,
whole,
entire,
complete,
full,
overall,
comprehensive,
aggregate,
before deductions,
before tax,
Opposite:
net,
• very rude or coarse; vulgar.
• "a gross, slap-and-tickle version of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’"
Similar:
vulgar,
coarse,
crude,
obscene,
rude,
ribald,
lewd,
bawdy,
dirty,
filthy,
earthy,
smutty,
risqué,
indecent,
indelicate,
improper,
impure,
unseemly,
offensive,
pornographic,
sleazy,
porno,
porn,
raunchy,
naughty,
blue,
steamy,
spicy,
locker-room,
fruity,
saucy,
near the knuckle,
close to the bone,
gamy,
adult,
concupiscent,
boorish,
loutish,
oafish,
thuggish,
brutish,
bearish,
Neanderthal,
philistine,
uncouth,
unsavoury,
crass,
common,
unrefined,
unsophisticated,
uncultured,
uncultivated,
undiscriminating,
tasteless,
insensitive,
unfeeling,
imperceptive,
callous,
cloddish,
slobbish,
plebby,
clodhopping,
yobbish,
ocker,
• general or large-scale; not detailed.
• "at the gross anatomical level"
gross
adverb
• 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"
gross
verb
• produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income.
• "the film went on to gross $8 million"
Similar:
earn,
make,
bring in,
take,
get,
receive,
fetch,
draw,
collect,
rake in,
pull in,
haul in,
bag,
gross
noun
• an amount equal to twelve dozen; 144.
• "fifty-five gross of tins of processed milk"
• a gross profit or income.
• "the box office grosses mounted"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus .
