gross out

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Recent Examples of gross out 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 Brayden served up a charcuterie board of leaves and a beetroot, while Aaron, 29, scrounged up mushrooms and a frog, which grossed out the ladies. Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023 You might get grossed out by how much dirt and grime this cleaner pulls up from your carpets. Condé Nast, WIRED, 12 July 2023 Growing up, Marielle Williamson was grossed out by milk. Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 12 May 2023 Every 17 years, the U.S. media feeds on stories about eating periodical cicadas, a surefire way to gross out readers, viewers and listeners. Washington Post, 25 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gross out
Verb
  • In the mid-1970s, disgusted by the corruption in his hometown of Jersey City, Cashin ran for mayor.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Republicans who rid us of Nixon in 1974 would be disgusted.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • She’s repulsed by her husband, Jim (Clifford Kershaw), whose grabby hands demand her body and attention, often without her consent.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Over decades, my attempts to conquer the Spanish language have been repulsed.
    Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The recall stemmed from a Salmonella outbreak that, as of Nov. 26, has sickened at least 68 people, 18 of whom have been hospitalized.
    Korin Miller, Health, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The cucumbers have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 68 people in 19 states so far, including 18 hospitalizations, according to the FDA.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • 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
  • What appalls him now is a lack of accountability in Netanyahu’s government.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024

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“Gross out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gross%20out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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