What (who) is disgust - definition
Disgust
·vt 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.
II. Disgust ·vt 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.
disgust
I
n.
1) to express; feel disgust
2) disgust at, with
3) in disgust (he left in great disgust)
4) to one's disgust (to my disgust I discovered that...)
II
v.
1) to disgust thoroughly
2) (R) it disgusted everyone that he had taken bribes
disgust
I. n.
1.
Nausea, disrelish, distaste, loathing.
2.
Dislike, repugnance, aversion, antipathy, abomination, detestation, abhorrence, hatred.
II. v. a.
1.
Sicken, affect with nausea, turn one's stomach, go against one's stomach.
2.
Displease, offend, be repellent, repulsive, repugnant, hateful, detestable, or abhorrent to.
Wikipedia
Disgust
Disgust (Middle French: desgouster, from Latin gustus, "taste") is an emotional response of rejection or revulsion to something potentially contagious or something considered offensive, distasteful, or unpleasant. In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin wrote that disgust is a sensation that refers to something revolting.
Pronunciation examples for disgust
1. Disgust.
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2. Disgust. How do you defuse disgust?
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3. disgust, humor
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4. So last one, disgust.
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5. score of disgust sensitivity.
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Examples of use of disgust
1. A. said that she rejected Yoeli‘s offer in disgust.
2. I felt horrible disgust toward the man at that moment.
3. "Pudsey?" he asks rhetorically, in a tone of near––disgust.
4. Men were particularly insensitive to anger and disgust.
5. With clean consciences, we could air our disgust.