Disgust Definition

dĭs-gŭst

disgusted, disgusts

verb

disgusted, disgusts

To excite nausea or loathing in; sicken.

American Heritage

To arouse disgust.

Webster's New World

To cause to feel disgust; be sickening, repulsive, or very distasteful to.

Webster's New World

To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.

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noun

disgusts

A sickening distaste or dislike; deep aversion; repugnance.

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Origin of Disgust

Late Old French desgouster to lose one's appetite des- dis- gouster to eat, taste (from Latin gustāre geus- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”).

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