What does gross mean?

thick; dense: gross vegetation; gross fog; gross vapors. gross for 11. a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro. total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net ). Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass. to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.:

What does it mean if someone's speech or behaviour is gross?

If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable. He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms. I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross. If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. I spat them out because they tasted so gross.

What is a gross scoundrel?

unqualified; complete; rank: a gross scoundrel. flagrant and extreme: gross injustice. indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross remarks. lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined. large, big, or bulky. extremely or excessively fat. of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.

What is the difference between glaring and gross?

glaring implies painful or damaging obtrusiveness of something that is conspicuously wrong, faulty, or improper. gross implies the exceeding of reasonable or excusable limits. rank applies to what is openly and extremely objectionable and utterly condemned. Adjective They have suffered a gross injustice.