grossed out

past tense of gross out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of grossed out Keltner seems to be grossed out by his go-to smoothie as much as viewers. Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Oct. 2025 Darcey continued heaving in the car, which left Georgi grossed out. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 Eventually, you get grossed out by the person. Tom Roland, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossed out
Verb
  • People are disgusted with Israel’s response.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the outbreak has resulted in at least four deaths, and sickened 20 others.
    Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The 15-state outbreak has sickened at least 20, killing four, since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA began investigating cases of listeria poisoning, or listeriosis, in September.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His family, dependent on his income and repulsed at what has become of their son, must then determine what is to be done with poor Gregor.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ron spends a lot of time bouncing around the web, fascinated and repulsed in equal measure.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How shocked and appalled and offended everyone seems to be by this.
    Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
  • After going public together on social media, the pair have elicited strong reactions from people in their comments — some appalled by their age gap and others who quickly jump to their defense.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How the long-term contracts for Karlsson, Tomáš Hertl and Marc-Edouard Vlasic under former general manager Doug Wilson put off a necessary rebuild, then backing the strip-mining job current GM Mike Grier has been doing since his 2022 hiring.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This helps the shoe absorb impact, pushing off energy back towards you and putting off foot fatigue.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Grossed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossed%20out. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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