grossed out

verb

past tense of gross out
as in disgusted
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 grossed out So get put that shovel on your shoulders and try not to be too grossed out. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 July 2026 Gilda Radner first grossed out Jane Curtin with her iconic Weekend Update reporter with a geometric wig in 1977. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossed out
  1. disgusted
  2. sickened
  3. repulsed
  4. appalled
  5. put off
Verb
  • 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 disgusted
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  • Since May, cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce have sickened thousands nationwide.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
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  • Perhaps most viscerally, given the ever-present specter of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War, Capps was appalled by Falwell’s apocalyptic rhetoric and cavalier posture toward global destruction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of appalled
Verb
  • The decision to put off the NFL for a year was massive for the Bulldogs.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The search turned sour when one of the actors was put off to discover a young, inexperienced woman sitting in the director’s chair.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of put off

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“Grossed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossed%20out. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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