grossed out; grossing out; grosses out
: to offend, insult, or disgust by something gross
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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Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Fecal foodies have appeared in lighter cinematic fare for decades, and if gross-out laughs are your thing, there is something amusing about watching a person put in what someone else just put out.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
Tom Roland, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
The franchise is still cooking, with Alien: Romulus grossing out audiences last summer and the series Alien: Earth hitting FX in about a month.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 July 2025
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Noun
There’s plenty of the gross-out jokes and barrier-breaking humor that’s Farrelly’s signature.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Fecal foodies have appeared in lighter cinematic fare for decades, and if gross-out laughs are your thing, there is something amusing about watching a person put in what someone else just put out.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Eventually, you get grossed out by the person.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
The franchise is still cooking, with Alien: Romulus grossing out audiences last summer and the series Alien: Earth hitting FX in about a month.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 July 2025
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“Gross-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gross-out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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