gross

before any deductions

• “gross income”

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

of general aspects or broad distinctions

• “the gross details of the structure appear reasonable”

repellently fat

• “a bald porcine old man”

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

• “a crying shame”
• “an egregious lie”
• “flagrant violation of human rights”
• “a glaring error”
• “gross ineptitude”
• “gross injustice”
• “rank treachery”

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• “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”

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• “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”

twelve dozen

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

earn before taxes, expenses, etc.