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adjective
causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
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Disgusting
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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.) < Middle French desgouster, equivalent to des- dis-1 + gouster to taste, relish, derivative of goust taste < Latin gusta (see choose); (noun) < Middle French desgoust, derivative of the v.
1590–1600; (v.) < Middle French desgouster, equivalent to des- dis-1 + gouster to taste, relish, derivative of goust taste < Latin gusta (see choose); (noun) < Middle French desgoust, derivative of the v.
Related forms
dis·gust·ed·ly, adverb
dis·gust·ed·ness, noun
pre·dis·gust, noun
qua·si-dis·gust·ed, adjective
qua·si-dis·gust·ed·ly, adverb
EXPANDAntonyms
1. delight. 4. relish.
1. delight. 4. relish.
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Word Origin & History
disgust
1590s, 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:
EXPAND cf. "It is not very palatable, which makes some disgust it" (1660s), while the reverse sense of "to excite nausea" is attested from c.1650. Related: Disgusted; disgusting.
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