as in disgusting
to cause to feel disgust
that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out—can you get rid of it?
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The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Discharge Papers • Aw, The Pitt is back and happy to be disgusting again!—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Of all the recent poster boys for appalling misbehavior by the State Police, Michael Proctor would of course rank number one.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Truly appalling friend counsel here from Mindy.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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While there are dismemberments and other bits of gruesome violence to be found in the film, Badlands is largely aimed at endearing its audience rather than repulsing them.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Sugar water can spoil, sickening the little birds.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Yet Bragg couldn’t tell the parent just how severely ill their fellow South Carolinians were getting from the outbreak sickening people around them.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Correcting a deficiency is one of the most accessible interventions in everyday health and now there’s a compelling new reason to stop putting off that conversation.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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The plan also reduced senior services, after-school programming, leaving four Police Department vacancies empty, and putting off replacing two patrol cars.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Grossing out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossing%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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