grossed out; grossing out; grosses out
: to offend, insult, or disgust by something gross
Synonyms
Examples of gross-out in a Sentence
Verb
that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out—can you get rid of it?
Recent Examples on the Web
Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
The idea of combining the cleaner elements of a gross-out comedy with horror, action and other summer movie thrills pretty much reset the board.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
In an email exchange with The Takeout regarding the gross-out factor of his bit, gazpachomachine, who goes by Gaz, lends credence to the critics.
—Jonathan Dale / The Takeout, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
Streaming on Prime from March 7, the movie might tap into the nostalgia of audiences raised on the Farrelly brand of goofy raunch, gross-out laughs, slapstick, escalating chaos and sticky sentiment.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Here are the 10 best zombie movies on Netflix right now, from raunchy comedies to character dramas and gross-out extravaganzas.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
An '80s gross-out classic from producer Julie Corman — Roger Corman's wife, notable in her own right for 1979's The Lady in Red and 1986's Chopping Mall, among others — might rival Creepshow for the best use of cockroaches in food.
—Sarah Sprague, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
The title of this gross-out screwball bro-comedy pretty much says it all.
—Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
The comic has gained notice on the long-running NBC late-night series for bizarre humor that blends gross-out jokes with a taste for the absurd.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
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
Although some on Twitter were clearly grossed out, many others were also intrigued.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2023
So the smell from that, that a lot of people are grossed out by, is nostalgic for me.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Noun
The public generally knows Baron Cohen as a British entertainer who likes to push stories and situations to the edge, reveling in crass, gross-out humor that also can be politically and socially charged.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
The idea of combining the cleaner elements of a gross-out comedy with horror, action and other summer movie thrills pretty much reset the board.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
In an email exchange with The Takeout regarding the gross-out factor of his bit, gazpachomachine, who goes by Gaz, lends credence to the critics.
—Jonathan Dale / The Takeout, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
Streaming on Prime from March 7, the movie might tap into the nostalgia of audiences raised on the Farrelly brand of goofy raunch, gross-out laughs, slapstick, escalating chaos and sticky sentiment.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Here are the 10 best zombie movies on Netflix right now, from raunchy comedies to character dramas and gross-out extravaganzas.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
An '80s gross-out classic from producer Julie Corman — Roger Corman's wife, notable in her own right for 1979's The Lady in Red and 1986's Chopping Mall, among others — might rival Creepshow for the best use of cockroaches in food.
—Sarah Sprague, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
The title of this gross-out screwball bro-comedy pretty much says it all.
—Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
The comic has gained notice on the long-running NBC late-night series for bizarre humor that blends gross-out jokes with a taste for the absurd.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
Verb
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
Although some on Twitter were clearly grossed out, many others were also intrigued.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2023
So the smell from that, that a lot of people are grossed out by, is nostalgic for me.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
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