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Disgusting

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dis⋅gust⋅ing

  [dis-guhs-ting, di-skuhs-]
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–adjective
causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
Origin:
1745–55; disgust + -ing 2

Related forms:
dis⋅gust⋅ing⋅ly, adjective
dis⋅gust⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
loathsome, sickening, nauseous, repulsive, revolting, repugnant, abhorrent, detestable.

dis⋅gust

  [dis-guhst, di-skuhst]
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause loathing or nausea in.
2. to offend the good taste, moral sense, etc., of; cause extreme dislike or revulsion in: Your vulgar remarks disgust me.
–noun
3. a strong distaste; nausea; loathing.
4. repugnance caused by something offensive; strong aversion: He left the room in disgust.
Origin:
1590–1600; (v.) < MF desgouster, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + gouster to taste, relish, deriv. of goust taste < L gusta (see choose ); (n.) < MF desgoust, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
dis⋅gust⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
dis⋅gust⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. sicken, nauseate. 2. repel, revolt. 4. abhorrence, detestation, antipathy. See dislike.

Antonyms:
1. delight. 4. relish.
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dis·gust   (dĭs-gŭst')   
tr.v.   dis·gust·ed, dis·gust·ing, dis·gusts

  1. To excite nausea or loathing in; sicken.

  2. To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.

n.  Profound aversion or repugnance excited by something offensive.

[Late Old French desgouster, to lose one's appetite : des-, dis- + gouster, to eat, taste (from Latin gustāre; see geus- in Indo-European roots).]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to offend the senses or feelings of: a stench that disgusted us; hypocrisy that nauseated me; repelled by your arrogance; brutality that revolts my sensibilities; a fetid odor that sickened the workers.
dis·gust·ing   (dĭs-gŭs'tĭng)   
adj.  Arousing disgust; repugnant. See Synonyms at offensive.
dis·gust'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

disgust 
1598, from M.Fr. desgoust "strong dislike, repugnance," lit. "distaste," from desgouster "have a distaste for," from des- "opposite of" + gouster "taste," from L. gustare "to taste" (see gusto). Sense has strengthened over time, and subject and object have been reversed: cf. "It is not very palatable, which makes some disgust it" (1669), while the reverse sense of "to excite nausea" is attested from 1650.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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