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grossness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of grossness

1 the condition of having an excess of body fat

  • the doctor warned that a high level of grossness is unhealthy
Synonyms of grossness

adiposity, chubbiness, corpulence, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight
Words Related to grossness

bulkiness, heaviness

huskiness, stoutness

brawniness, burliness

endomorphy
Near Antonyms of grossness

fitness, trimness

gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness
Antonyms of grossness

leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

2 the quality or state of being obscene

  • a movie of such indisputable grossness that people who thought that they had seen everything were proven wrong
Synonyms of grossness

bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
Words Related to grossness

broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness

immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness

lechery

depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness

exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability

reprehensibility, reprehensibleness

abusiveness, scurrilousness

atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness

distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
Near Antonyms of grossness

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness

3 the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

  • the grossness of his table manners disgusted the other wedding guests
Synonyms of grossness

coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness, vulgarity
Words Related to grossness

boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness

artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication

insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

kitsch, tackiness
Near Antonyms of grossness

courtliness, urbanity

elegance, grace, graciousness

consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness
Antonyms of grossness

cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness

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