grossed out; grossing out; grosses out
: to offend, insult, or disgust by something gross
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Examples of gross-out in a Sentence
Verb
that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out—can you get rid of it?
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
And, while the frenetic action is mostly played for laughs, the gross-out gore hits impressive highs, or should that be lows?
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Plane mess: Stories about extremely disgusting airplanes have been grossing out travelers.
—Edward Russell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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Noun
Compared to the gross-out set pieces of The Substance, a merely unsympathetic character like Hard Truths’ Marianne Jean-Baptiste may be an easier sell.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
And, while the frenetic action is mostly played for laughs, the gross-out gore hits impressive highs, or should that be lows?
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
Properly grossed out, the group wanders back to lunch.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Plane mess: Stories about extremely disgusting airplanes have been grossing out travelers.
—Edward Russell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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“Gross-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gross-out. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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