gross

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Highly or conspicuously offensive.
2. Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
3. Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
4. (Australia, Canada, US, informal) Causing disgust.
5. Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
6. Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
7. Dense, heavy.
8. Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
9. (poetic) Difficult or impossible to see through.
10. (archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
11. (obsolete) Easy to perceive.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Twelve dozen = 144.
2. (countable, uncountable) The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
3. (countable, uncountable) The bulk; the mass.

Verb

To earn money, not including expenses.

Concepten

gros

gemeen

vuig

onguur

bruto

ploertig

rottig

abominabel

ruw

afschuwelijk

lomp

ijselijk

afgrijselijk

verfoeilijk

schromelijk

schunnig

tastbaar

te snijden

uiterst

verachtelijk

walgelijk

zedeloos

zedenkwetsend

palpeerbaar

bovenmatig

dik

extreem

fysiek

grof

immoreel

infaam

laag

laaghartig

massa

nietswaardig

onbeschoft

onzedelijk

Tegenovergesteld aan

net, microscopic, fine

Synoniemen

total

coarse

vulgar

whole

aggregate

crude

big

disgusting

complete

rough

porcine

foul

crass

egregious

fat

overall

general

lowlife

large

sum

megascopic

utter

abhorrent

sum total

glaring

thick

sleazy

all

low

lousy

rude

sordid

entire

earthy

rank

nasty

obscene

crying

unrefined

flagrant

loathsome

indelicate

accursed

horrible

awful

huge

abject

course

heavy

hideous

Vertalingen

brut

grob

grossa

lordo

grosse

grossolano

gruesa

Gros

grossier

bruto

volgare

rozzo

flagrant

dick

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɹəʊs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gross

Verwant aan Frans: grossier

Verwant aan Frans: -

Verwant aan Catalaans: gros

Verwant aan Nederlands: groot

Verwant aan Duits: groß

Verwant aan Engels: great

In summary

From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”).