Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Canada, US, informal)To sicken or distress (someone) by being disgusting, gory, or lewd.

More definitions
  • fill with distaste
  • lose one's nerve

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Cleaning fish can gross out a lot of people.

    deFische ausnehmen ekelt viele. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Does it gross you out?

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  3. Just smelling it grosses me out.

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  4. You've always grossed me out, skin deep.

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  5. If it doesn't gross you out, you can use my spoon.

    ruМожешь пользоваться моей ложкой, если не брезгуешь. — sharptoothed

    deWenn es dich nicht ekelt, kannst du meinen Löffel benutzen. — freddy1

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

grosses out, grossing out, grossed out, grossed out
Base formgross out · to gross out
3rd person singulargrosses out
Present participlegrossing out
Past simplegrossed out
Past participlegrossed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygross out
he, she, itgrosses out

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrossed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grossed out
he, she, ithas grossed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gross out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedput offturn offweird out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gropegrossB2grosslygrotesque
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