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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Allie, in particular, is disgusted by the men who treat her as functionally interchangeable with any other available, able-bodied woman.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
If the polls are any indication, Americans in general are disgusted with Washington’s Israel policy.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of disgust

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The broader outbreak has sickened hundreds of people across the country and led to dozens of hospitalizations.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
The tally of people sickened in the outbreak by the parasite cyclospora is now 11,458, the FDA said, up from about 10,900 reported last week.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sicken

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Plenty of adults were appalled, but punk had a powerful influence on fashion, filmmaking and graphic design as well as rock music – well beyond punk itself.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
Residents and board members alike said they were appalled at the practice.

— Kathy McCormack, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of appall

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