gross implies extreme coarseness and insensitiveness.
gross eating habits
obscene applies to anything strongly repulsive to the sense of decency and propriety especially in sexual matters.
obscene language not allowed on the air
ribald applies to what is amusingly or picturesquely vulgar or irreverent or mildly indecent.
entertained the campers with ribald folk songs
Example Sentences
He was a vulgar man. She had a coarse, vulgar laugh. I will not tolerate such vulgar language in my home.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, common people