Disgust

//dɪsˈɡʌst// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    strong feelings of dislike wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause an intense dislike for something.

    "It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open."

  2. 2
    cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of wordnet
  3. 3
    fill with distaste wordnet

Synonyms

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abhorrenceabominationantipathydislikedistasteloathing

Example

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"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.

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animal reminder disgustanimal-reminder disgustself-disgust

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