disgust
verb/dɪsˈɡʌst/
/dɪsˈɡʌst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disgust | /dɪsˈɡʌst/ /dɪsˈɡʌst/ |
| he / she / it disgusts | /dɪsˈɡʌsts/ /dɪsˈɡʌsts/ |
| past simple disgusted | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/ /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/ |
| past participle disgusted | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/ /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/ |
| -ing form disgusting | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ |
- disgust somebody if something disgusts you, it makes you feel shocked and almost sick because it is so unpleasant
- The level of violence in the film really disgusted me.
- The feel of it, all cold and slimy, disgusted him.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from early modern French desgoust or Italian disgusto, from Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + gustus ‘taste’.
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