gross-out
noun
something that is disgustingly offensive.
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gross-out
American
[grohs-out]
/ ˈgroʊsˌaʊt /
noun
Slang.
gross out
British
verb
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gross-out
First recorded in 1970–75; noun use of verb phrase gross out
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Cronin’s previous outing was “Evil Dead Rise,” a sequel heavily devoted to the gooey game plan mapped out by Fede Alvarez’s 2013 rethink of Sam Raimi’s gross-out comedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Ms. Sherman’s body-horror aesthetic has been compared to filmmaker David Cronenberg’s, though gross-out comedy is hardly new.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
The dish can be a gross-out for some, with its unusual look and texture, but it began as an exotic luxury using hard-to-find ingredients.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Otherwise I’m a total gross-out of a kid.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
These films are designed to gross out viewers, and the protagonist often becomes the monster of the story as their body becomes more and more repulsive.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
It’s never there to gross out viewers or to test their threshold of shock or disgust.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2019
“Moist is fine,” the writer says, and he has no problems with other seemingly mundane words that oddly gross out large swaths of the English-speaking population.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2013
But what about authors whose primary mission is not to gross out their readers?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2010
Everything tasted gross out of plastic, all chemical-y and bland.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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