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[syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disgusting \Dis*gust"ing\, a.
That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. --
Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disgust \Dis*gust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disgusting.] [OF. desgouster, F. d['e]go[^u]ter;
pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. go[^u]ter, fr. L.
gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]
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.
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To disgust him with the world and its vanities.
--Prescott.
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[AE]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been
disgusted at failing. --J. H.
Newman.
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Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the
convention. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disgusting
adj 1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting,
disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly,
loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling,
revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]