Definition of grosser in English

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grosser, adjective, comparative of gross.

WordNet

Noun Plural: grosses
gross - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
		revenue, receipts
		amount of money, sum of money, amount, sum the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
		box office the office where tickets of admission are sold
Verb grosses, grossing, grossed
gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
		earn, pull in, bring in, realise, realize, gain, take in, clear, make acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
Adjective gross, grosser, grossest
gross - before any deductions; "gross income"
		nett, net remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
gross - repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
		porcine
gross - lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
gross - 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"
		crude, earthy, vulgar
		indecent offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
gross - visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
		megascopic
gross - 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"
		crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank
gross - 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"
		arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

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Wiktionary

gross (Noun)
Twelve dozen = 144.
gross (Noun)
The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
gross (Noun)
The bulk, the mass, the masses.
gross (Verb)
To earn money, not including expenses.
gross (Adjective)
Disgusting.
gross (Adjective)
Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
gross (Adjective)
Great, large, palpable, bulky, or fat.
gross (Adjective)
Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful.
gross (Adjective)
The whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
gross (Adjective)
Dull.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

gross (superl.)
Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
gross (superl.)
Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
gross (superl.)
Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
gross (superl.)
Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
gross (superl.)
Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
gross (superl.)
Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
gross (superl.)
Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
gross (a.)
The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
gross (sing. & pl.)
The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

gross
grōs, adj. coarse: rough: dense: palpable, glaring, shameful: whole: coarse in mind: stupid: sensual: obscene.—n. the main bulk: the whole taken together: a great hundred—i.e. twelve dozen.—adv. Gross′ly.—n. Gross′ness.—In gross, in bulk, wholesale. [Fr. gros—L. grossus, thick.]