grossness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

grossness
    n 1: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn:
         {coarseness}, {commonness}, {grossness}, {vulgarity},
         {vulgarism}, {raunch}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Grossness \Gross"ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence;
   coarseness; shamefulness.
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         Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the'
         ear of delicacy.                         --Dr. T.
                                                  Dwight.
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