Meaning & Definition of Gross in English

1. Twelve dozen

2. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made

1. Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

1. Before any deductions

• "Gross income"

2. Lacking fine distinctions or detail

• "The gross details of the structure appear reasonable"

3. Repellently fat

• "A bald porcine old man"

4. Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

5. 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"

• "The unadulterated truth"

6. 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"

7. 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"