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GROSS

Definition:

1. [noun] twelve dozen
   Synonyms: 144
   
   
2. [noun] the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
   Synonyms: revenue, receipts
   
   
3. [verb] earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
   
   
4. [adjective] before any deductions; "gross income"
   
   
5. [adjective] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
   Synonyms: megascopic
   
   
6. [adjective] of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
   
   
7. [adjective] repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
   Synonyms: porcine
   
   
8. [adjective] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
   Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank
   
   
9. [adjective] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"
   Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter
   
   
10. [adjective] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
    Synonyms: coarse, crude, earthy, vulgar
    
    

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