GROSS OUT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

gross out

verb

Definition of gross out

as in to disgust

to cause to feel disgust that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out—can you get rid of it?

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Recent Examples of gross out Moist may be the seminal example, but there are certainly other words that people get grossed out by. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 Valerie Bertinelli isn’t grossed out by a little dog slobber. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025 Keltner seems to be grossed out by his go-to smoothie as much as viewers. — Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Oct. 2025 Eventually, you get grossed out by the person. — Tom Roland, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gross out

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In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by fromage.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.

— Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026

Definition of disgust

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Michigan health officials say new cases of cyclosporiasis are declining in the state hit hardest by an outbreak that has sickened more than 12,000 people and left two dead in the state since June.

— Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Fresh Foods remains at the center of a separate recall after hundreds were sickened with cyclospora, a parasite known to cause explosive diarrhea.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of sicken

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He was appalled by the slaughter, but, more than that, by the complacency of his neighbors, their willingness to ignore the bloody work being done under their noses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Many subjects were appalled by his treatment of his closest family.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026

Definition of appall

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