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gross
adjective as in without deductions; total
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aggregate, all, in sum, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole nine yards, whole schmear, whole shebang
adjective as in flagrant
Strong matches
absolute, apparent, capital, complete, glaring, manifest, obvious, plain, rank, sheer, shocking, utter
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arrant, downright, egregious, excessive, exorbitant, grievous, heinous, immoderate, inordinate, out-and-out, outrageous, outright, perfect, serious, shameful, unmitigated, unqualified
adjective as in crude, vulgar
Weak matches
boorish, carnal, cheap, coarse, corporeal, crass, fleshly, ignorant, improper, impure, in the gutter, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, lewd, loudmouthed, low-minded, lustful, obscene, raunchy, rude, scatological, sensual, sleazy, smutty, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncouth, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrefined, unseemly, unsophisticated
adjective as in large, bulky
adjective as in causing disgust
Strongest matches
abhorrent, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, unpleasant
Example Sentences
Following the sentencing, Monique McKevitt from the Crown Prosecution Service, described the attacks as "gross abuse of trust by a vicar" that traumatised the victim "for many years".
In its second week of preview performances, a revival of Shakespeare’s “Othello” set a new record for weekly grosses on Broadway, bringing in $2,818,297 for eight shows.
Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, deny gross negligence manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of their baby.
Constance Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, deny manslaughter by gross negligence and causing or allowing the death of a child.
Insurance companies remain highly profitable, but their gross margins — the amount by which premium income exceeds claims costs — were fairly steady during the last few years, KFF research shows.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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