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disgusting |
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]: Disgusting \Dis*gust"ing\, a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- {Dis*gust"ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disgusting adj : 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: {disgustful}, {distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly}, {loathsome}, {repellent}, {repellant}, {revolting}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
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