grossed out; grossing out; grosses out
: to offend, insult, or disgust by something gross
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Verb
that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out—can you get rid of it?
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.
—The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Plane mess: Stories about extremely disgusting airplanes have been grossing out travelers.
—Edward Russell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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Noun
And, while the frenetic action is mostly played for laughs, the gross-out gore hits impressive highs, or should that be lows?
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.
—The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
Properly grossed out, the group wanders back to lunch.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Plane mess: Stories about extremely disgusting airplanes have been grossing out travelers.
—Edward Russell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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“Gross-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gross-out. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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