gross

coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald mean offensive to good taste or morals. coarse implies roughness, rudeness, or crudeness of spirit, behavior, or language.

• • found the coarse humor of coworkers offensive

vulgar often implies boorishness or ill-breeding.

• • a loud vulgar belch

gross implies extreme coarseness and insensitiveness.

• • gross eating habits

obscene applies to anything strongly repulsive to the sense of decency and propriety especially in sexual matters.

• • obscene language not allowed on the air

ribald applies to what is amusingly or picturesquely vulgar or irreverent or mildly indecent.

• • entertained the campers with ribald folk songs

flagrant, glaring, gross, rank mean conspicuously bad or objectionable. flagrant applies usually to offenses or errors so bad that they can neither escape notice nor be condoned.

• • flagrant abuse of the office of president

glaring implies painful or damaging obtrusiveness of something that is conspicuously wrong, faulty, or improper.

• • glaring errors

gross implies the exceeding of reasonable or excusable limits.

• • gross carelessness

rank applies to what is openly and extremely objectionable and utterly condemned.

• • rank heresy