gross out

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Recent Examples of gross out Darcey continued heaving in the car, which left Georgi grossed out. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 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 What states will the cicada Brood XIV emerge? Texans that are grossed out from insects can relax. Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 After using this high-powered tool to vacuum a low-pile area rug with lots of foot traffic, our tester was surprised and grossed out at how much debris was extracted. Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 June 2025 Sea Salt Slide Tin $6 Jacobsen Salt Co. A clean sponge Anyone else grossed out at the thought of using the mystery sponge that’s been sitting in your Airbnb’s sink for God knows how long? Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 Despite the movie and Moore’s powerful feminist narrative, too many voters were grossed out by the body horror flick to put it over the top. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gross out
Verb
  • Calling the mass killing of civilians in Gaza a genocide is contentious as well, but even patriotic Israelis disgusted by their own government have begun to use the term.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • They were disgusted by the comments.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jackson was repulsed at the idea of the film being shown to the public, as was Zapruder, who quickly settled again with Time-Life.
    Time, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
  • At almost the same time, the Grenadian Army repulsed special operations forces sent to capture Richmond Hill Prison and Fort Rupert.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Penda Health, a network of medical clinics in Kenya, treats an enormous range of patients, from newborns sickened by malaria to construction workers who have fallen off buildings.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And at least 8 percent of people sickened by measles this year had gotten one or more doses of the MMR vaccine—living proof that vaccinated people are also at risk when illnesses are given room to maneuver.
    Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the people who commented on the amendment said they were appalled by O’Hare’s cuts to the Democrats’ budgets.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Yet her book, first published as Sursis pour l’Orchestre, translated as The Musicians of Auschwitz, was a novelized and sensational account which appalled almost all the other members of the ragtag band.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Gross out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gross%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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