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
The franchise is still cooking, with Alien: Romulus grossing out audiences last summer and the series Alien: Earth hitting FX in about a month.
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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
The former first daughter was grossed out by the idea that Guthrie drank out of the plumbing fixture.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 June 2025
Other commenters, though, were just as grossed out as the OP's daughter-in-law.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Apr. 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
Some folks are grossed out by the body horror flick.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
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
The former first daughter was grossed out by the idea that Guthrie drank out of the plumbing fixture.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 June 2025
Other commenters, though, were just as grossed out as the OP's daughter-in-law.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Apr. 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
Some folks are grossed out by the body horror flick.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gross out
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Locals were disgusted with city leadership’s inept handling of the crisis.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The young writer, disgusted by the condition of his own sheets, placed the relatively clean linen on his bed.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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These schemes produced hair collections that survive today, no doubt bewildering (and possibly repulsing) generations of archivists.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Over the past few weeks, the U.S. has experienced a surge in virus outbreaks, including chikungunya, Legionnaires' disease and dengue fever, which have all sickened hundreds of people and can adversely affect the body in severe cases.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Aug. 2025
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State health officials have declared an end to the measles outbreak that sickened at least 762 people in West Texas.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Spielberg imagined it as a noise that has the power to appall.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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Still, there is plenty here that should appall both Democrats and Republicans.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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