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
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  • In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by fromage.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
  • Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
Definition of disgusted
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  • More than 900 people in Washtenaw County, Michigan have been sickened with cyclosporiasis since mid-June.
    — Kate Wells, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This came with no evidence that his crops were infected with the parasite causing explosive diarrhea that has sickened thousands of people in nearly every state.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Philly may be shedding its second-fiddle status, but it remains entirely repulsed by frauds and underachievers.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • Perverse incentives For their part, wildfire experts say that they are appalled by the mere existence of prediction markets that allow for trading on these disasters.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
  • He was appalled by the slaughter, but, more than that, by the complacency of his neighbors, their willingness to ignore the bloody work being done under their noses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of appalled
Verb
  • Depending on the severity of a partial UCL tear, rehab and strengthening the muscles around the elbow can sometimes at least put off surgery.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • By agreeing to put off the merger for now, Paramount doesn’t have to face a potential courtroom loss over attorneys generals’ longer-term restraining order, for example.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 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 9 Aug. 2026.

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