dégueulasse

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French

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From dégueuler (to vomit) +‎ -asse. Compare English vomitrocious.

Adjective

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dégueulasse (plural dégueulasses)

  1. (slang) bloody disgusting; rank; yucky
    • 2016 July 3, Olivier Philippe-Viela, "Mort de Michel Rocard: «La politique est dégueulasse»... Les cinq phrases à retenir de Michel Rocard", 20 Minutes, quoting a phrase from 1991 April 25 by Michel Rocard.
    Synonyms: infect, immonde
    • La politique est dégueulasse, parce que les hommes qui la font la rendent dégueulasse.
      Politics is disgusting, because the men who practise it make it disgusting.
  2. (Quebec, slang) cool, wicked, amazing

Etymology 2

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Verb

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dégueulasse

  1. inflection of dégueulasser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Verb

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dégueulasse

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dégueuler

Further reading

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