I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
taste horrible/awful/disgusting/foul
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The tea tasted horrible.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
express
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As the long silence lengthened between them Laura desperately tried to find some adequate words to express her disgust at his actions.
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The by-election provided a timely opportunity for even the least politically-minded people to express their disgust at the Munich settlement.
shake
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She shook her head in disgust .
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Mrs Arkaday came to the screen door and shook her head in disgust at Howard.
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He shook his head in disgust at his own overwrought imagination.
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Golota looked fine after the fight as he stood in his corner, shaking his head in disgust .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Disgust at cruel sports has come to be a common feature of British life.
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Martia gave him a look of disgust , and walked away.
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She held the glass away from her in disgust . "What's this awful stuff you've given me to drink?''
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bernard in a state of disgust , left the proceedings early and went up to bed.
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But the Communist ministers, who were carefully kept from exercising real influence, soon quit in disgust .
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Firebug went back to his corner, exhaling with disgust and looking out his window.
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He sensed her disgust and hatred stinking in the air.
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Houellebecq's disgust and horror is not feigned.
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I made no secret of my disgust at the way people were behaving.
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I pick one up to examine it - then drop it in disgust .
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With resigned disgust , Alice lay back, submerging herself in the only softness available at that time-the pillow.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Get out," she said. "You disgust me!"
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His habit of sniffing loudly really disgusted her.
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Many parents said they were disgusted by the amount of violence contained in "children's shows."
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The heat, the noise, the smell of the other passengers; everything about the subway disgusted him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I was too disgusted to want to protest.
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I was disgusted by the whole idea of class and thought I could abolish it by pretending it didn't exist.
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I was so disgusted I almost dropped him.
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If there's one thing that disgusts me it's cold porridge.
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Indeed, I was disgusted by the sight of his blanched legs, skinny, with blue knots of varicose veins.
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That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way.