gross

/groʊs/ adjectivenounverb
5 letters1 syllable6 points in Scrabble®7 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS10
ADJECTIVE
1

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.

“gross negligence”

2

Lacking fine distinctions or detail.

“the gross details of the structure appear reasonable”

3

Repellently fat.

4

Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

“gross ineptitude”

“gross injustice”

5

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

6

Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent.

“a revoltingly gross expletive”

7

Before any deductions.

“gross income”

NOUN
1

The entire amount of income before any deductions are made.

2

Twelve dozen.

VERB
1

Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

WORD FORMS
Related formgrossness
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Pig Latinossgray
Starts & ends withG … S
Syllablesgross
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