"gross out" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gross outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gross out (plural gross outs)
  1. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Something which sickens, causes distress, or appalls by reason of being disgusting, gory, or repulsive. Tags: Canada, US, informal
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Verb

Forms: grosses out [present, singular, third-person], grossing out [participle, present], grossed out [participle, past], grossed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gross out (third-person singular simple present grosses out, present participle grossing out, simple past and past participle grossed out)
  1. (informal, transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To sicken or distress (someone) by being disgusting, gory, or lewd. Tags: Canada, US, informal, transitive Related terms: put off, turn off, weird out Translations (to sicken by reason of being disgusting): kuvottaa (Finnish), dégoûter (French), écœurer (French), kerixandin (Northern Kurdish), obrzydzać [imperfective] (Polish), obrzydzić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-gross_out-en-verb-PvR1fU5c Categories (other): American English, Canadian English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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