Synonyms of grossness

grossness

noun

1

as in obesity

the condition of having an excess of body fat

the doctor warned that a high level of grossness is unhealthy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obesity
• weight
• fatness
• corpulence
• fat
• rotundity
• chubbiness
• plumpness
• corpulency
• fattiness
• pudginess
• fleshiness
• adiposity
• embonpoint
• portliness
• heaviness
• bulkiness
• stoutness
• pursiness
• huskiness
• burliness
• brawniness
• endomorphy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thinness
• leanness
• slenderness
• slimness
• fitness
• trimness
• svelteness
• reediness
• gauntness
• weediness
• skinniness
• scrawniness

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vulgarity
• foulness
• crudeness
• suggestiveness
• dirtiness
• coarseness
• obscenity
• filth
• filthiness
• nastiness
• crudity
• lewdness
• impurity
• bawdiness
• lasciviousness
• lowness
• ribaldry
• profanity
• indecency
• offensiveness
• blueness
• smut
• abusiveness
• raunchiness
• wantonness
• distastefulness
• dirt
• raunch
• naughtiness
• broadness
• smuttiness
• atrocity
• indelicacy
• perversity
• undesirability
• impureness
• saltiness
• unpleasantness
• earthiness
• unacceptability
• wickedness
• depravity
• repulsiveness
• perversion
• raciness
• immodesty
• perverseness
• obnoxiousness
• repugnance
• lechery
• loathsomeness
• reprehensibility
• gaminess
• kinkiness
• infamy
• repellency
• indecorousness
• unbecomingness
• depravedness
• pervertedness
• objectionableness
• indelicateness
• atrociousness
• exceptionability
• reprehensibleness
• scurrilousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• puritanism
• prudery
• prudishness
• primness
• priggishness
• decorum
• decency
• correctness
• seemliness
• appropriateness
• purity
• suitability
• fitness
• perfection
• suitableness
• priggery
• decorousness
• spotlessness

3

as in crassness

the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

the grossness of his table manners disgusted the other wedding guests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crassness
• rudeness
• lowness
• roughness
• coarseness
• vulgarity
• crudeness
• commonness
• rawness
• tastelessness
• indelicacy
• crudity
• rusticity
• raffishness
• brutishness
• boorishness
• uncouthness
• churlishness
• rowdiness
• inelegance
• artlessness
• gracelessness
• insensitiveness
• loutishness
• clownishness
• tackiness
• indelicateness
• kitsch
• insensitivity
• unsophistication
• thoughtlessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cultivation
• refinement
• gentility
• polish
• urbanity
• tastefulness
• elegance
• grace
• sensitivity
• consideration
• graciousness
• courtliness
• genteelness
• thoughtfulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grossness

But Paddy’s isn’t Sudz, and the Gang’s efforts to soft-pedal their antics to be more in line with those mainstream bars devolved into typical Sunny-style hostility and off-putting grossness. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

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. — 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