DISGUST


Meaning of DISGUST in English

vt 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.

2. disgust ·vt 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.

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