1. 144, gross

twelve dozen

• 144

2. gross, receipts, revenue

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

• receipts
• revenue

3. gross

earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

4. gross

before any deductions

Example Sentences:
'gross income'

5. gross

lacking fine distinctions or detail

Example Sentences:
'the gross details of the structure appear reasonable'

6. gross, porcine

repellently fat

Example Sentences:
'a bald porcine old man'

• porcine

7. gross, megascopic

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

• megascopic

• seeable
• visible

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

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

Example Sentences:
'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
• staring
• stark
• thoroughgoing
• unadulterated
• utter

9. crude, earthy, gross, vulgar

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

Example Sentences:
'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

10. crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Example Sentences:
'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