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[edit] Pronunciation
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disgusting (comparative more disgusting, superlative most disgusting)
- Repulsive, distasteful.
- 2006, C. Lee Thornton, Oath of Office:
- One guy farted repeatedly and laughed out loud each time he let it out. To top off his disgusting behavior, he constantly picked his nose and thumped the waste in the air.
[edit] Usage notes
- Nouns to which "disgusting" is often applied: thing, person, man, woman, animal, place, way, manner, habit, behavior, act, attitute, story, detail, monster, word, image, fact, face, scene, thought, food, job.
[edit] Translations
repulsive, distasteful
- Azeri: iyrənc (az)
- Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg), противен (bg)
- Catalan: fastigós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 憎惡 (zh), 憎恶 (zh) (zēngwù, zēng'è), 可惡 (zh), 可恶 (zh) (kěwù), 討厭 (zh), 讨厌 (zh) (tǎoyàn)
- Croatian: ȍgāvan (hr), ȍdūran (hr), ȍdvrātan (hr)
- Czech: nechutný (cs) m.
- Finnish: inhottava (fi), kuvottava (fi), etova (fi), yököttävä (fi), ällö (fi)
- French: dégoûtant (fr), dégueulasse (fr)
- German: ekelhaft (de), ekelig (de), grauslich (de)
- Hebrew: מגעיל (mag'yl)
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- Hungarian: gusztustalan (hu), undorító (hu)
- Icelandic: viðbjóðslegur m., viðbjóðsleg f., viðbjóðslegt n.; ógeðslegur m., ógeðsleg f., ógeðslegt n.
- Irish: déistineach (ga), samhnasach (ga)
- Italian: disgustoso (it), nauseante (it), stomachevole (it), rivoltante (it)
- Japanese: 忌まわしい (ja) (いまわしい, imawashii)
- Macedonian: одвратен (mk) (ódvraten) m., гаден (mk) (gáden) m.
- Nigerian Pidgin: yama-yama
- Russian: отвратительный (ru) (otvratítel'nyj), омерзительный (ru) (omerzítel'nyj), гадкий (ru) (gádkij), противный (ru) (protívnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: gràineil, oillteil, sgrathail
- Spanish: asqueroso, repulsivo, nauseabundo, despreciable (es)
- Swedish: äcklig (sv), motbjudande (sv)
- Turkish: iğrenç, mide bulandırıcı
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disgusting
- Present participle of disgust.
