1. (

• gross

) earn before taxes, expenses, etc. ;

1. (

• gross

) before any deductions; "gross income" ;

2. (

• gross

) lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" ;

3. (

• gross ,
• porcine

) repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" ;

4. (

• megascopic ,
• gross

) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) ;

5. (

• arrant ,
• complete ,
• consummate ,
• double-dyed ,
• everlasting ,
• gross ,
• perfect ,
• pure ,
• sodding ,
• stark ,
• staring ,
• thorough ,
• thoroughgoing ,
• utter ,
• unadulterated

) 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 thorough nuisance"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" ;

6. (

• crude ,
• earthy ,
• gross ,
• vulgar

) 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. (

• crying ,
• egregious ,
• flagrant ,
• glaring ,
• gross ,
• rank

) 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" ;