grossed out

verb

Definition of grossed outnext
past tense of gross out
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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  1. sickened
  2. repulsed
  3. appalled
  4. put off
Verb
  • An additional 20 individuals remain hospitalized after being sickened by the same bacterial contamination.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Dozens of people have been sickened nationwide by salmonella linked to the Sunfed cucumbers since the recall was announced late last month.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • Over decades, my attempts to conquer the Spanish language have been repulsed.
    Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The executions all took place in the space of roughly eight weeks after Iran repulsed the last incursion into its territory by the forces of the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein at the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.
    Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • The Constitution’s framers would have been appalled at shielding incumbent presidents from criminal prosecution.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Several editors were appalled by the idea alone.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of appalled
Verb
  • Aspects of the special are bound to resonate with people your age, especially jokes about putting off having kids for the sake of your career.
    Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Nippon asked in September to refile its acquisition bid, a move that put off a decision on approving the deal until after the presidential election.
    Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of put off
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