gross
adjective/ɡroʊs/
Frequency rank: #2,253 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Very unpleasant or disgusting; or the total before anything is taken away.
Example sentence
The sight of the spoiled food was so disgusting that it made me feel gross.
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