gross out

1. 1.

   fill with distaste

   “This spoilt food disgusts me”

   Synonymsdisgustrevoltrepel

   Broaderstimulate

   Narrowersicken
2. 2.

   lose one's nerve

   “When he saw the accident, he freaked out”

   Synonymsfreak outfreak

   Broaderpanic

Questions about gross out

What does gross out mean?

gross out means "fill with distaste". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for gross out?

Close synonyms include disgust, revolt, repel, freak out, freak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gross out a common word?

gross out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.