gross out

Make someone gag

Gross out means to disgust or repulse someone, typically through something viscerally unpleasant—bodily fluids, rotting food, graphic imagery: The dissection grossed me out.

As a noun, a gross-out is something designed to provoke disgust, especially in lowbrow comedy: The movie was just one gross-out after another.

disgust

nauseating

Causing urge to vomit

retch · queasy · squeamish · foul · putrid · repugnant · revolting · vile · nasty · icky

physical

vomit

Eject stomach contents

  • retchGag involuntarily
  • gagMouth restraint or jest
  • heaveForceful lift or throw

nausea · queasy · dry heave · bile · puke · barf · upchuck · hurl · sick · green around the gills

social

embarrassing

Causing awkward self-consciousness

taboo · TMI · bodily functions · crude · vulgar · tasteless · offensive · shocking · provocative · boundary-crossing

horror

gruesome

Causing horror and disgust

  • goryFull of bloodshed
  • macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
  • ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale

grotesque · hideous · monstrous · creepy · disturbing · blood · guts · viscera · entrails · slime

Categories
Opposites
disgust reaction

gross outdelight

Intense pleasure or satisfaction

please · enchant · captivate · charm · entice

aesthetic/sensory appeal

gross outwhet the appetite

tempt · ravish · dazzle · wow · impress

Family

gross, out, engross, engrossed, engrossing, grossness, grosses, grossed, grossing

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG