disgusting

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: disgustfuldistastefulfoulloathlyloathsomerepellentrepellantrepellingrevoltingskankywickedyucky
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disgusting \Dis*gust"ing\, a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

To disgust him with the world and its vanities. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

[AE]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]

Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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