Disgust

Quick meaning: Disgust is a verb meaning To cause an intense dislike for something.

Meaning

To cause an intense dislike for something.

More Meanings

1. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

Example Sentences

It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open.

With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]

1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust.

Word Forms

• disgusts
• disgusting
• disgusted

Synonyms for disgust

Depending on context, synonyms include abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, backwardness, disinclination, displacency.

Antonyms for disgust

Common opposites include allure, attraction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sicken, nauseate, repel, revolt, turn off, revulsion.

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