disgust
Syllables: dis·gustUK/dɪsˈɡʌst/
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Ireland/dɪsˈɡʊst/
disgust verb: to cause an intense dislike for something.
Verb
disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted)
- 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...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III
Noun
disgust (uncountable)
- An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
- With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
- Synonyms:
- abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, backwardness, disinclination, displacency, disrelish, distain, distaste, horror
disgust meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disgust in Hindi
- disgust, loathing
- जुगुप्सा jugupsā
disgust in Tamil
- அருவருப்பு, வெறுப்பு, வெறுப்பு உண்டாக்கு
disgust in Marathi
- disgust, aversion
- घृणा ghruṇā
- disgust, loathing
- कंटाळा kaṇṭāḷā
disgust in Urdu
- گھن, کراہت, نفرت, تنفر
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- disgust in Bengali
- ঘৃণা, বিরক্তি, বিরাগ
- disgust in Telugu
- రోత కలిగించు rōta kaligiñcu
- disgust in Malayalam
- അറപ്പ് aṟappŭ
- disgust in Kannada
- ಹೇಸಿಕೆ, ಹೇಸಿಗೆ, ಹೇವರ, ಹೇವರಿಕೆ
- disgust in Punjabi
- ਸੂਗ sūg, ਘਿਰਨਾ ghirnā, ਕਿਰਕ kirak
- disgust in Sanskrit
- अरुचि aruci
- disgust in Tagalog
- suya
- disgust in Arabic
- اِشْمِئْزَاز išmiʔzāz
- disgust in Persian
- بیزار کردن bizâr kardan, بیزاری bizâri
Examples of disgust in a sentence
- The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.
- Our initial admiration for their efficiency gave way to disgust about their methods.
- Her face was twisted in a grimace of disgust.
Synonyms of disgust
- abhorrence
- antipathy
- aversion
- backwardness
- disinclination
- displacency
- disrelish
- distain
- distaste
- horror
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Antonyms
Forms of disgust
| third-person singular present | disgusts |
|---|---|
| present participle | disgusting |
| past participle | disgusted |
| past | disgusted |
Origin of disgust
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.
Words formed from disgust
Words that rhyme with disgust
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Questions about disgust
- What does disgust mean?
- Disgust means to cause an intense dislike for something.
- What is disgust in Hindi?
- Disgust in Hindi is जुगुप्सा (jugupsā). See Disgust meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disgust?
- Disgust can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disgust?
- Disgust is pronounced /dɪsˈɡʌst/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disgust?
- The past tense of disgust is disgusted.
Words near disgust in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disgust (page history and authors); जुगुप्सा (Hindi) (page history and authors); disgust (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कंटाळा (Marathi) (page history and authors); disgust (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disgust (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disgust (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਿਰਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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