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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.
—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
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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Reducing calories and practicing healthier eating habits are key to overcoming obesity.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The Harvard data show that obesity combined with heavy smoking produces the lowest disease-free life expectancy at 50.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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As the subtitle promises, their answers are shared with all the vulgarity, pettiness, and arrogance intact.—
Juliet Izon,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Comprising classmates Nilsson, Nutt, James Falconer, Suellen Rocca, Art Green, and Karl Wirsum, the Who held their first exhibition at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center in 1966, ushering a new mode of dank, bawdy rudeness into the city’s milieu.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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But these days civility, much like rudeness, can ride a stream of shares and retweets to the far corners of the world.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
1 June 2026
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The Mexican national team will kick off the 2026 World Cup against South Africa on Thursday with the weight of entertaining 83,000 at iconic Azteca Stadium and soccer fans around the globe.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Drug companies are racing to catch up with industry leaders Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, and improve patients’ experience with the weight-loss drugs.—
Christopher Rowland,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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Because this isn't a book about fatness, despite the central plotline.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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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.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Grossness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossness. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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