outgross

verb

out·​gross ˌau̇t-ˈgrōs 

outgrossed; outgrossing; outgrosses

transitive verb

1

: to gross more than

a highly anticipated movie that outgrossed all the rest in its first week

2

: to be more disgusting or gross than : to exceed in grossness

But violence and decay can't make or break a [TV] series … With so much competition, the rush to outgross the grossest can't possibly last.

—Tim Goodman

Examples of outgross in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After all, films directed by film school graduates outgross the rest, while quality ratings are identical. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

The follow-up is expected to outgross the original’s lifetime haul of $326 million by the end of the month. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 May 2026

Maverick has likely primed the pump and should boost interest in seeing Cruise perform more death-defying stunts, affording Dead Reckoning the chance to outgross Fallout. — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Apr. 2023

Heck, the second-biggest global grosser at that moment was Will Smith’s Independence Day, while Smith’s Men in Black would outgross The Lost World domestically in the summer of 1997. — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for outgross

• arkose
• engross
• faroese
• fructose
• fucose
• gatos
• glucose
• jocose
• morose
• plateaus
• spinose
• vadose