Disgust
/dɪsˈɡʌst/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty. uncountable
"With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room."
- 2 strong feelings of dislike wordnet
Verb
- 1 To cause an intense dislike for something.
"It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open."
- 2 cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of wordnet
- 3 fill with distaste wordnet
Example
More examples"I always view this photo with disgust."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb.