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dis⋅gust

  [dis-guhst, di-skuhst]
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–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.
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Disgust

Dis*gust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.] [OF. desgouster, F. d['e]go[^u]ter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. go[^u]ter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.] To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.

To disgust him with the world and its vanities. --Prescott.

[AE]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. --J. H. Newman.

Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. --Macaulay.

Disgust

Dis*gust"\, n. [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. d['e]go[^u]t. See Disgust, v. t.] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust.

The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. --Locke.

In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. --Macaulay.

Syn: Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : disgust
Spanish: asquear, repugnar,
German: anekeln,
Japanese: いや気を起こさせる
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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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