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disgust |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 To disgust him with the world and its vanities. --Prescott. [AE]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. --J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disgust \Dis*gust"\, n. [Cf. OF desgoust F. d['e]go[^u]t. See {Disgust}, v. t.] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as an act of cruelty may excite disgust. The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. --Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. --Macaulay. Syn: Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See {Dislike}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disgust n : strong feelings of dislike v 1: fill with distaste [syn: {turn off}, {revolt}, {repel}] 2: cause aversion in offend the moral sense of [syn: {revolt}, {nauseate}, {sicken}, {churn up}]
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