disgust

  • 21disgust — I. noun Date: 1598 marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful ; repugnance II. verb Etymology: Middle French desgouster, from des dis + goust taste, from Latin gustus; akin to Latin gustare to taste more at choose Date: 1616 …

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  • 22disgust — 1. verb /dɪsˈɡʌst,dɪsˈkʌst/ To cause an intense dislike for something. It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open. 2. noun /dɪsˈɡʌst,dɪsˈkʌst/ An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty …

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  • 23disgust — [16] Something that disgusts one is literally ‘not to one’s taste’. The word comes from Old French desguster, a compound verb formed from the prefix des ‘not’ and goust ‘taste’. This in turn came from Latin gustus (ultimate source of English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24disgust — noun revulsion or strong disapproval. verb cause disgust in. Derivatives disgusted adjective disgustedly adverb Origin C16: from early mod. Fr. desgoust or Ital. disgusto, from L. dis (expressing reversal) + gustus taste …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25disgust — 1. noun a look of disgust Syn: revulsion, repugnance, aversion, distaste, nausea, abhorrence, loathing, detestation, odium, horror; contempt, outrage Ant: delight 2. verb 1) the hospital food disgusted me …

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  • 26disgust — [dɪsˈgʌst] noun [U] I 1) a very strong feeling of not liking something 2) the feeling that you are going to be physically ill when you see, smell, or taste something very unpleasant 3) a strong feeling of anger about something bad or immoral II… …

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  • 27disgust —   Ho opailua, ho owahāwahā.    ♦ To shrink away in disgust, mū e eke …

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  • 28disgust — [16] Something that disgusts one is literally ‘not to one’s taste’. The word comes from Old French desguster, a compound verb formed from the prefix des ‘not’ and goust ‘taste’. This in turn came from Latin gustus (ultimate source of English… …

    Word origins

  • 29disgust — Synonyms and related words: abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, appall, aversion, cold sweat, contempt, creeping flesh, dislike, distaste, enmity, fulsomeness, give offense, gross out, hate, hatred, horrify …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30disgust — dis|gust Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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