disgusting
Syllables: dis·gust·ingUK/dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/
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Ireland/dɪsˈɡʊstɪŋ/
disgusting adjective: causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful. Also the present participle and gerund of disgust.
Adjective
disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)
- Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
- a disgusting waste of money
- The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence
Also used as
disgusting is also the present participle and gerund of disgust.
disgusting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Punjabi
disgusting in Hindi
- repulsive, distasteful
- घिनौना ghinaunā
disgusting in Tamil
- அருவருப்பானது, அருவருப்பாக
disgusting in Marathi
- घृणास्पद
disgusting in Punjabi
- ਘਿਣਾਉਣੀ, ਘਿਣਾਉਣਾ, ਘਿਣਾਉਣੇ
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- disgusting in Odia
- ଘୃଣ୍ଯ଼ |
- disgusting in Nepali
- घृणित, घृणास्पद, घृणाजनक
- disgusting in Arabic
- مُقْرِف muqrif, مُقَزِّز muqazziz
- disgusting in Malay
- jijik, mencolok mata
- disgusting in Indonesian
- menjijikkan
- disgusting in Thai
- น่ารังเกียจ nâa-rang-gìiat
- disgusting in Vietnamese
- tởm, gớm, ghê
Examples of disgusting in a sentence
- But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, “Tis the season to be risque in TV spots”, in The Dayton Journal Herald:
- To top off his disgusting behavior, he constantly picked his nose and thumped the waste in the air.2006, C. Lee Thornton, Oath of Office:
Synonyms of disgusting
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Forms of disgusting
| comparative | disgustinger |
|---|---|
| comparative | more disgusting |
| superlative | disgustingest |
| superlative | most disgusting |
Origin of disgusting
By surface analysis, disgust + -ing.
Words formed from disgusting
Words that rhyme with disgusting
Questions about disgusting
- What does disgusting mean?
- Disgusting means causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
- What is disgusting in Hindi?
- Disgusting in Hindi is घिनौना (ghinaunā). See Disgusting meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use disgusting in a sentence?
- But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".
- What part of speech is disgusting?
- Disgusting is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disgusting?
- Disgusting is pronounced /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near disgusting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disgusting (page history and authors); disgusting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgusting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgusting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgusting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgusting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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