as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out—can you get rid of it?
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Recent Examples of gross out
Eventually, you get grossed out by the person.
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
The franchise is still cooking, with Alien: Romulus grossing out audiences last summer and the series Alien: Earth hitting FX in about a month.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 July 2025
What states will the cicada Brood XIV emerge? Texans that are grossed out from insects can relax.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
After using this high-powered tool to vacuum a low-pile area rug with lots of foot traffic, our tester was surprised and grossed out at how much debris was extracted.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 June 2025
Sea Salt Slide Tin $6 Jacobsen Salt Co. A clean sponge
Anyone else grossed out at the thought of using the mystery sponge that’s been sitting in your Airbnb’s sink for God knows how long?
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite the movie and Moore’s powerful feminist narrative, too many voters were grossed out by the body horror flick to put it over the top.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Tom Roland, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
The franchise is still cooking, with Alien: Romulus grossing out audiences last summer and the series Alien: Earth hitting FX in about a month.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 July 2025
What states will the cicada Brood XIV emerge? Texans that are grossed out from insects can relax.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
After using this high-powered tool to vacuum a low-pile area rug with lots of foot traffic, our tester was surprised and grossed out at how much debris was extracted.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 June 2025
Sea Salt Slide Tin $6 Jacobsen Salt Co. A clean sponge
Anyone else grossed out at the thought of using the mystery sponge that’s been sitting in your Airbnb’s sink for God knows how long?
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite the movie and Moore’s powerful feminist narrative, too many voters were grossed out by the body horror flick to put it over the top.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gross out
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The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder celebrated their first NBA championship in June and endured widespread mockery from the internet when most of them were confused and then disgusted by their first taste of champagne.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Locals were disgusted with city leadership’s inept handling of the crisis.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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And at least 8 percent of people sickened by measles this year had gotten one or more doses of the MMR vaccine—living proof that vaccinated people are also at risk when illnesses are given room to maneuver.—
Jamie Ducharme,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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For example, certain grasses contain compounds from endophytes that sicken grazing animals.—
Anna Marija Helt,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy holds views that clash sharply with the president’s legal reform agenda and should appall anyone who supports the president’s goal of reforming America’s legal system.—
Tiger Joyce,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Gross out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gross%20out. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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