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dis·gust 
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| 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. |
| 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.]
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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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tr.v. dis·gust·ed, dis·gust·ing, dis·gusts
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
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 |
| disgust | |
noun | |
| 1. | strong feelings of dislike |
verb | |
| 1. | fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" |
| 2. | cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
disgust [disˈgast] verb
to cause feelings of dislike or sickness in
Example: The smell of that soup disgusts me; She was disgusted by your behaviour.
disgust [disˈgast] nounExample: The smell of that soup disgusts me; She was disgusted by your behaviour.
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the state or feeling of being disgusted
Example: She left the room in disgust.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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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