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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Nonpartisan voters are just as disgusted by politicians who sacrifice the public good for their personal gain.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Kaufhold thinks that something might be a heightened sensitivity to disgust.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of disgust

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The Aliso Canyon gas leak took nearly four months to control, sickened thousands of families and forced them from their homes near the San Fernando Valley to escape a sulfurous stench and maladies including headaches, nausea and nose bleeds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
The finding also comes on the heels of a record-breaking cyclospora outbreak this summer that sickened 12,883 people across 21 states, hospitalized at least 570 and was associated with two deaths in Michigan.

— Megan R. Wilson, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sicken

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When James Kelman won the Booker Prize in 1994, the decision was met with disgust by the literary establishment, appalled by the profanity and the informality of the Glasgow drunk whose inner life the novel details.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Not only were Democrats appalled, so were many conservatives inside the beltway and beyond.

— Frank Langfitt, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of appall

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