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
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.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Although the user was eager to share the story, several TikTok users commented on the post saying they were grossed out by her actions.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Others who were seemingly equally grossed out by the discovering, suggested the passenger travel with a few personal cleaning supplies.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The clip ended with a nod to Newhart, only this time, the hosts were grossed out by O’Connell sleeping in the buff.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
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
The Back-list: Dembe and Ressler are grossed out that Herbie pulled a print from the underside of a toilet seat, but that's called getting👏the👏job👏done👏.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 May 2023
Of course, while some might be grossed out at the thought of going to see a carpet of living flies on a beach, van Breugel notes that these animals are doing something very few other creatures can do.
—Jason Bittel, Travel, 22 Jan. 2024
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Although the user was eager to share the story, several TikTok users commented on the post saying they were grossed out by her actions.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Others who were seemingly equally grossed out by the discovering, suggested the passenger travel with a few personal cleaning supplies.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The clip ended with a nod to Newhart, only this time, the hosts were grossed out by O’Connell sleeping in the buff.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
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
The Back-list: Dembe and Ressler are grossed out that Herbie pulled a print from the underside of a toilet seat, but that's called getting👏the👏job👏done👏.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 May 2023
Of course, while some might be grossed out at the thought of going to see a carpet of living flies on a beach, van Breugel notes that these animals are doing something very few other creatures can do.
—Jason Bittel, Travel, 22 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gross out
Verb
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In her discussion of Christianity, King relishes the absurdity that results when a religion that is disgusted by female sexuality also engages in mother worship.—
S. C. Cornell,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Once again, DeSantis has gone too far — in this case, ideologically and geographically — and people who surely voted for him in the state’s most conservative region are disgusted.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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These same, once skeptical business leaders rallied around Trump in 2017 but were repulsed by many of his words and actions within eight months, withdrawing support, not returning to give him a second chance until now.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The measles outbreak, which has killed two people to date and sickened nearly 260 across three states, represents the first time Kennedy has had to reckon with his past as a longtime critic of vaccines and his new leadership of the federal health establishment.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2025
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For the first time in a decade, someone in the U.S. has died from measles — an unvaccinated child in Texas caught up in an outbreak that has sickened more than 120 other people.—
Susan Kressly,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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That kind of appalls me to think that people need not expect that of themselves.—
David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2024
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“Gross out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gross%20out. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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