GROSS OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gross out mean? 

• GROSS OUT (verb)
  The verb GROSS OUT has 2 senses:

1. fill with distaste

2. lose one's nerve

  Familiarity information: GROSS OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROSS OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill with distaste

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

disgust; gross out; repel; revolt

Context example:

This spoilt food disgusts me

Hypernyms (to "gross out" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gross out"):

nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach (upset and make nauseated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lose one's nerve

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

freak; freak out; gross out

Context example:

When he saw the accident, he freaked out

Hypernyms (to "gross out" is one way to...):

panic (be overcome by a sudden fear)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s