gross

1. (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.Examples: "a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult"; "Henry IV. My gracious uncle, let me know my fault: On what condition stands it and wherein? Edmund of Langley. Even in condition of the worst degree, In gross rebellion and detested treason:"; "Your very faults, how gross soere, to me Have something pleasing in ’em."Synonyms: serious, flagrant, shameful, appalling, egregious, unmitigated

2. (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.Examples: "gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight"; "What is the gross sum that I owe thee?"; "For a man of his habits the house and the hundred and twenty pounds a year which he had inherited from his mother were enough to supply all worldly needs. Resources do not depend upon gross amounts, but upon the proportion of spendings to takings."Synonyms: whole, entire, overall, total, aggregateAntonyms: net

3. (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.Examples: "gross anatomy"; "We are accustomed to look for the gross and immediate effect and to ignore all else. Unless this appears promptly and in such obvious form that it cannot be ignored, we deny the existence of hazard."Synonyms: macroscopicAntonyms: microscopic

4. (informal, Canada, US, Australia) Causing disgust.Examples: "I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross."; "Mary Ann spent her lunch hour at Hastings, picking out just the right tie for Norman. The hint might not be terribly subtle, she decided, but somebody had to do something about that gross, gravy-stained clip-on number."; "The next-door neighbor’s cat coughed up a hairball one day and the hair was not the cat’s. “That’s so gross!”"Synonyms: disgusting, gro, grody, grotesque, grotty, nasty, revolting, yuckyAustraliaCanadaUSinformal

5. (of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.Examples: "The flowers of Rubens are gross and rude […]"; "He scorned my wholesome kennel fare, toothing out dainties and leaving the grosser portions to be finished by the other dogs."Synonyms: coarse, rough, unrefinedAntonyms: fine

6. (of a substance) Dense, heavy.Examples: "⁠Thy spirit ere our fatal loss ⁠Did ever rise from high to higher; ⁠As mounts the heavenward altar-fire, As flies the lighter thro’ the gross."