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
Moist may be the seminal example, but there are certainly other words that people get grossed out by.
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Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Everyone is universally grossed out.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 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
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
Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Everyone is universally grossed out.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 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
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
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The researchers also found that being young, female, and well educated increased the odds that someone would be moist averse, as did being disgusted more generally by bodily functions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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The trial over visitation and grandparents' rights began in October 2025 and has made headlines with Scott claiming his late wife's parents are largely responsible for his wife's death and for gross medical misconduct that sickened his daughter.—
Juliet Pennington,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Those pelican numbers were very high because of a toxic algae bloom off Southern California that sickened the birds with domoic acid poisoning.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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Cilantro, a polarizing herb that’s either adored in Mexican, Southeast Asian, and Indian cuisines, or repulsed by those who detect a nauseating soapy taste.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hiram Crombie is shocked and appalled that Jamie is taking the Trading Post from him and kicking him and the other men off Fraser’s Ridge?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The proposal appalled the science community and lawmakers.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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Immediately after last year’s NFL draft, in which the Rams came away with two first-round picks in 2026, coach Sean McVay put off any hint of anticipation about how the team might leverage their bounty in this year’s draft.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Particularly, Kachka said, Ukraine is willing to put off receiving subsidies from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP, for several years in an attempt to ease concerns over one of the bloc’s largest and most politically sensitive programs.—
Oliver Crook,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Grossed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossed%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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