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as in obesity
the condition of having an excess of body fat
the doctor warned that a high level of grossness is unhealthy
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as in vulgarity
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
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as in crassness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
the grossness of his table manners disgusted the other wedding guests
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Recent Examples of grossness
All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.
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Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
If an exclamation point only signified gore and grossness, this gothic rock opera would more than qualify.
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Rachel Simon,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
The characters’ propensity for ugly faces, silliness and a bit of grossness too, stems from the portrayals of girlhood and young womanhood that appeal to them.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
But the grossness still blows me away.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
21 Feb. 2026
He is charged with open and lewd grossness.
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Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
If an exclamation point only signified gore and grossness, this gothic rock opera would more than qualify.
—
Rachel Simon,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
The characters’ propensity for ugly faces, silliness and a bit of grossness too, stems from the portrayals of girlhood and young womanhood that appeal to them.
—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
But the grossness still blows me away.
—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
21 Feb. 2026
He is charged with open and lewd grossness.
—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.
—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossness
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And poor diet and sedentary living continue to be the leading causes of preventable chronic conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Prior to this new Medicare pilot, seniors who wanted to access GLP-1s for obesity alone paid about $1,350-$1,650 per month for Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) and about $1,086 monthly for Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide).
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The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
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Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.
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And at roughly 100 calories per tablespoon apiece, both butter and margarine can be calorie-dense, making either choice capable of causing unwanted weight gain.
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That index is considered to be more accurate than the Body Mass Index, which is only based on weight and height.
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.
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That feeling stops, however, when pulling into gas stations or parking lots, where the length and lowness of the car require extreme care to keep the chin from scraping.
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The phrase assumes that fatness belongs firmly in the past, yet the very need for such a term suggests otherwise.
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Because this isn't a book about fatness, despite the central plotline.
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.
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“Grossness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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