Crossword-Solution: GROSSNESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Grossness | n. | The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “GROSSNESS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Coarse quality | 1 answer |
| Decency deficiency | 1 answer |
| Lack of refinement | 5 answers |
| bad form | 35 answers |
| Decency | 39 answers |
| high living | 41 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GROSSNESS (5)
Mesmerism, now! Will that effect nothing, think you, towards purging away the grossness out of human life?” “All a humbug!” growled the old gentleman.
Rowland saw no reason to regard this as a menace of dissipation, because, in the first place, there was in all dissipation, refine it as one might, a grossness which would disqualify it for Roderick’s favor, and because, in the second, the young sculptor was a man to regard all things in the light of his art, to hand over his passions to his genius to be dealt with, and to find that he could live largely enough without exceeding the circle of wholesome curiosity.
With what bitter savor, with what grossness of diction, caught from the Elizabethan and satirical elements in his culture, he spends anger in words! He reacts, he rebels, he storms.
The grossness of excessive banqueting, and the effeminacy of many clothes are attainments that never met my fancy.
After a while she came to this: "Thou are mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature, will have weight to bear thee down." Laddie threw back his head, and how he laughed! The Princess put down the book and looked at him so surprised.
Quotes with GROSSNESS (3)
If one would praise the Almighty, one must then revel in His works, and take them whole, adore their very grossness, savor the oozing quiddity of that slime of which He seems to be inordinately fond. Love is not nice. God's love assuredly is not; and human love, its copy, must not presume to be so.
So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Revel in grossness. Leave food in your teeth. Proudly display feminine hygiene products.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1981–2011).