disgust
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: dĭs-kŭst'
- IPA: /dɪsˈɡʌst/, /dɪsˈkʌst/
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Audio (US) (file) - X-SAMPA: /dIs"kVst/
- Rhymes: -ʌst
- Homophone: discussed
Verb [edit]
disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted)
- To cause an intense dislike for something.
- It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust. There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.
Translations [edit]
to cause an intense dislike for something
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Noun [edit]
Wikipedia disgust (uncountable)
- An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
- With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
Translations [edit]
an intense dislike or repugnance
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External links [edit]
- disgust in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- disgust in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- disgust at OneLook Dictionary Search
