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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In the meantime, public health officials and clinicians are working to contain an outbreak that began on a cruise ship last month that has so far sickened at least nine people, resulting in three deaths.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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Thirty-four people were sickened after several people with hantavirus attended a variety of social events, including a birthday party.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Anyone who has worked in or observed the media industry for the last couple of decades will recognize and be repulsed by nepo-baby Jay, who is undeniably villainous.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Twain was by turns amused and appalled by the histrionics that taint our tellings of history, and by the yawning gaps between myth and reality.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 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 longer Congress puts off reckoning with these problems, the more difficult the solutions will be.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Calculating and rageful, Salieri is immediately put off by Mozart’s confidence and rougish behavior.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Grossed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossed%20out. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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