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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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
Carrey was drawn to what was a hot script back in the ’90s sparking a bidding war for $750K; the project much darker and weirder from his gross-out comedy fare.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 June 2024
Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 23 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
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Noun
But the bond between the four women — and occasional lack thereof — demands repeat viewing much more than the sporadic shocks of gross-out (and grapefruit) humor.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
Carrey was drawn to what was a hot script back in the ’90s sparking a bidding war for $750K; the project much darker and weirder from his gross-out comedy fare.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 June 2024
Verb
Plane mess: Stories about extremely disgusting airplanes have been grossing out travelers.
—Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 23 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
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“Gross-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gross-out. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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