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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
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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
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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
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abhorrent, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, unpleasant
Example Sentences
The studio has had a string of success at the theaters starting with April’s “A Minecraft Movie,” which has grossed a total of $957 million.
At the time, the sum was reported to be worth more than 10% of Moldova's gross domestic product.
The Metropolitan Police had sacked Cummings in October 2024 after concluding he had committed gross misconduct.
Five Democrats on the House Oversight Committee called the deployment a “gross abuse of authority” and asked Homeland Security to explain what had occurred.
A retired police officer will face gross misconduct proceedings over his handling of a fatal crash investigation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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