disgust
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- United States//dɪsˈɡʌst//
- United States//dɪsˈkʌst//
- United States//dɪzˈɡʌst//
- Ireland//dɪsˈɡʊst//
- Ireland//dɪsˈkʊst//
To cause an intense dislike for something.
verb
- 1
To cause an intense dislike for something.
It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open.
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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb.
noun
- 1
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
Forms
- past tense
- disgusted
- past participle
- disgusted
- present participle
- disgusting
- third person singular
- disgusts
disgust · To cause an intense dislike for something.
disgusted · Filled with disgust.disgusting · Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.dish · A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often…