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disgust Definition

dis·gust (dis gust′)

noun

a sickening distaste or dislike; deep aversion; repugnance

Etymology: MFr desgoust, distaste < des- (see dis-) + L gustus, a taste, relish: see gusto

transitive verb

to cause to feel disgust; be sickening, repulsive, or very distasteful to

Etymology: MFr desgouster < des- (see dis-) + L gustare, to taste

intransitive verb

to arouse disgust

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disgust Synonyms

disgust

n.

loathing, repugnance, revulsion; see hatred 1, objection 1.

disgust Synonyms

disgust

v.

repel, revolt, offend, displease, nauseate, sicken, make one sick, fill with loathing, cause aversion, offend the morals of, repulse, be repulsive, irk, appall, scandalize, shock, upset, pall, turn one's stomach, stick in one's craw, put off, turn off*, gross out*; see also bother 3, disturb 2.

disgust Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • express: You are simply expressing a disgust for his public behavior.

Preposition: at

  • behavior: He told the paper that he resigned from his post after four years in disgust at the behavior.
  • treatment: We will be there to express our disgust at the callous treatment of greyhounds by the racing industry.
  • level: Being by no means full time activists, the Heathrow based groups expressed surprise and disgust at the level and manner of policing.

Adjective modifier

  • utter: The reason that I am contacting you is to express my utter disgust at your current advertising campaign.
  • outright: Much to the shock and, in some cases, outright disgust of friends and colleagues I opted for Blackpool.
  • absolute: The way they trashed one of the rooms was absolute disgust!
  • deep: All I feel for you is deep, deep disgust.
  • total: You just have total disgust for the whole lot of them.
disgust Quotes

Dada began not as an art form but as a disgust.

—Tzara,Tristan pseudonym of Samy Rosenstock

The historical repugnancetowomanhas a rational basis: disgust is reason's proper response to the grossness of procreative nature.

—Pagels, Heinz R(udolf)

Les amours meurent par le de¤  go u" t, et l'oubli les enterre. Loves die from disgust, and forgetting buries them.

—La Bruye'  re,Jean de

   Oh wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threw me in front of the Judges 84 And my silly old collarbone's bust.

—Betjeman, SirJohn

Ah! Seigneur! donnez-moi la force et le courage De contempler mon coeur et mon corps sans de¤  go u" t. Lord! give me the strength and the courage To see my heart and my body without disgust.

—Baudelaire, Charles

Je ne comprends pas qu'une main pure puisse toucher un journal sans une convulsion de de¤  go u" t. I cannot imagine how a pure hand can touch a newspaper without disgust.

—Baudelaire, Charles