GROSS OUT meaning: Disgust through extreme, repulsive imagery

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word gross out:

General (18 matching dictionaries)

gross-out, gross out: Merriam-Webster
gross-out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
gross-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
gross-out, gross-out, gross out: Collins English Dictionary
gross out: Vocabulary.com
gross-out: Wordnik
gross-out, gross out: Wiktionary
gross-out: Infoplease Dictionary
gross-out, gross out: Dictionary.com
Gross out: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
gross out: Rhymezone
gross out: FreeDictionary.org
gross out: Mnemonic Dictionary
gross-out, gross out: TheFreeDictionary.com
gross-out: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
gross out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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gross out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

gross out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

gross out: Medical dictionary

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gross out: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

gross out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
gross out: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gross out)

▸ noun: (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Something which sickens, causes distress, or appalls by reason of being disgusting, gory, or repulsive.
▸ verb: (informal, transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To sicken or distress (someone) by being disgusting, gory, or lewd.

Opposite:

intrigue, fascinate, captivate, enchant

Types:

retch, barf, puke, vomit, upchuck, more...

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