GROSS OUT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

gross out

verb

Definition of gross out

as in to disgust

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 gross out 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 See All Example Sentences for gross out

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Kaufhold thinks that something might be a heightened sensitivity to disgust.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Janice was disgusted; Mary was emotionally devastated and financially ruined.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of disgust

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Reporter covering local breaking news Federal health officials are investigating a multistate salmonella outbreak that has been linked to raw oysters and sickened 27 people across a dozen states.

— Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
The state’s outbreak has spread to dozens of counties, sickened over 1,200 people, and put 176 in the hospital.

— Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026

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As a graduate student and young mother in Israel, she had been appalled that her kids were being taught creationism in public school.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
The neighbors, who had till then lived in a conventional suburban setting — two-story colonials, wide lawns — were appalled.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of appall

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