Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. --Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
grossness — index bestiality, brutality, debauchery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
grossness — size, early 15c., from GROSS (Cf. gross) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
grossness — noun /ˈɡɹəʊsnəs/ Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness. Now that he was doing so much else she could never have the grossness to apply for it to Sir Claude … Wiktionary
grossness — gross ► ADJECTIVE 1) unattractively large or bloated. 2) vulgar; unrefined. 3) informal very unpleasant; repulsive. 4) complete; blatant: a gross exaggeration. 5) (of income, profit, or interest) without deduction of tax or other contributions;… … English terms dictionary
grossness — noun see gross I … New Collegiate Dictionary
grossness — See grosser. * * * … Universalium
grossness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being flagrant: atro ciousness, atrocity, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrancy, flagrantness, glaringness, outrageousness, rankness. See GOOD. 2. The quality or state of being… … English dictionary for students
grossness — gross·ness || grəʊsnɪs n. repulsiveness; crudeness; rudeness … English contemporary dictionary
grossness — n. 1. Greatness, bulkiness, bigness. 2. Density, thickness. 3. Coarseness, rudeness, vulgarity, want of refinement, ill breeding. 4. Indelicacy, impurity, coarseness, licentiousness, sensuality, brutality, bestiality, carnality … New dictionary of synonyms
grossness — n 1., completeness, totality, absoluteness, unqualifiedness, unmitigatedness; rankness, sheerness, arrantness, outrightness, downrightness. 2. flagrancy, blatancy, glaringness, obviousness, manifestness, plainness; outrageousness, reprehen… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
