grossing out

present participle of gross out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossing out
Verb
  • The plant—and particularly the liverwurst product made there—was determined to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that spanned May to September of last year, sickening at least 61 people across 19 states.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But screwworms aren't the only dangerous pathogens sickening Americans this summer.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While automakers are putting off and/or cancelling vehicles that only run on electrons, given high development costs and a weak market, Subaru is confident in the direction it is headed.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll.
    Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Grossing out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossing%20out. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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