n.
The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.
Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy.Dr. T. Dwight.
grossness
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- The quality or state of being flagrant: atrociousness, atrocity, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrancy, flagrantness, glaringness, outrageousness, rankness. See good/bad.
- The quality or state of being obscene: bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, lewdness, obscenity, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, scurrilousness, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness. Slang raunch, raunchiness. See decent/indecent.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, vulgarity, vulgarism
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