What does disgust mean?

Definitions for disgust
dɪsˈgʌst, dɪˈskʌstdis·gust

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word disgust.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. disgustverb

    strong feelings of dislike

  2. disgust, gross out, revolt, repelverb

    fill with distaste

    "This spoilt food disgusts me"

  3. disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn upverb

    cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

    "The pornographic pictures sickened us"

Wiktionary

  1. disgustnoun

    An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

    With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

  2. disgustverb

    To cause an intense dislike for something.

    It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DISGUSTnoun

    Etymology: degout, French.

    The manner of doing is of more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. John Locke.

    Thence dark disgust and hatred, winding wiles,
    Coward deceit, and ruffian violence. James Thomson, Spring.

  2. To Disgustverb

    Etymology: degouter, French; degusto, Latin.

    If a man were disgusted at marriage, he would never recommend it to his friend. Francis Atterbury.

    Those unenlarged souls are disgusted with the wonders which the microscope has discovered. Isaac Watts, Impr. of the Mind.

    What disgusts me from having to do with answer-jobbers is, that they have no conscience. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. disgust

    Disgust is a strong feeling of repugnance or revulsion typically caused by something unpleasant or offensive. It is an instinctual reaction to something perceived as dirty, unclean, or gross, and can also be evoked by certain behaviors, actions, or ideas that are morally reprehensible.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disgustverb

    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. Disgustverb

    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

  3. Etymology: [OF. desgouster, F. dgoter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]

Wikidata

  1. Disgust

    Disgust is a type of aversive reaction that involves withdrawing from a person or object with strong expressions of revulsion. It can also be defined as a revulsion response towards potential contamination. It is a universal, basic emotion that functions to help protect an organism from ingesting potentially harmful substances, thereby promoting disease avoidance. It is one of the basic emotions and is typically associated with things that are regarded as unclean, inedible, infectious, gory or otherwise offensive. In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin wrote that disgust refers to something revolting. Disgust is experienced primarily in relation to the sense of taste, and secondarily to anything which causes a similar feeling by sense of smell, touch, or vision. Musically sensitive people may even be disgusted by the cacophony of inharmonious sounds. Research continually has proven a relationship between disgust and anxiety disorders such as spider phobia, blood-injection-injury phobia, and contamination fear related obsessive-compulsive disorder. Disgust is one of the basic emotions of Robert Plutchik's theory of emotions and has been studied extensively by Paul Rozin. It invokes a characteristic facial expression, one of Paul Ekman's six universal facial expressions of emotion. Unlike the emotions of fear, anger, and sadness, disgust is associated with a decrease in heart rate.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Disgust

    dis-gust′, n. loathing: strong dislike.—v.t. to excite disgust in: to offend the taste of: to displease.—adv. Disgust′edly.—adjs. Disgust′ing, Disgust′ful.—adv. Disgust′ingly.—ns. Disgust′ingness, Disgust′fulness. [O. Fr. desgousterdes (= L. dis), and gouster—L. gustāre, to taste.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disgust in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disgust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of disgust in a Sentence

  1. Danny Baker:

    I completely understand the disgust and the concern that we all have, we all hope that we would get a little better response.

  2. Saadi Shirazi:

    Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

  3. Eddie Gallagher:

    My first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up blatant lies about me, but I quickly realized that they were scared that the truth would come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment, i felt sorry for them that they thought it necessary to smear my name, but they never realized what the consequences of their lies would be. As upset as I was, the videos also gave me confidence because I knew that their lies would never hold up under real questioning and the jury would see through it. Their lies and( Naval Criminal Investigative Service's) refusal to ask hard questions or corroborate their stories strengthened my resolve to go to trial and clear my name.

  4. Donald Trump:

    That’s not quite right, but it sure seems undemocratic. And it reeks of the kinds of insider politics that has caused widespread disgust with both parties. I say both parties because, as Donald Trump noted, Bernie Sanders is also getting hosed on the Democratic side. I’ve been concerned in the last few days that the media’s coverage of the presidential race is getting down into the weeds. The issues have mostly been drowned out, and even the state-by-state contests have been overshadowed by endless chatter about delegate math and party procedures. This is the stuff that media and political junkies crave but that civilians start to find incomprehensible. But people get it in their gut when someone is getting screwed. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage Primaries are the fairest way of picking a nominee. Caucuses are more time-consuming and complicated( although at least folks get to vote). And then there are states like Colorado. In March, Colorado held caucuses to pick delegates to a bunch of assemblies and conventions. And those people picked their favorite candidate. Ted Cruz won them all because Ted Cruz people outhustled an error-riddled effort by the Trump camp, and perhaps because the kind of party insiders elected to these gatherings don’t like Donald Trump. ( Yes, Ted Cruz is a hardly an establishment figure, but Ted Cruz’s become the most viable alternative for the GOP’s stop-Trump crowd.) The people out there are going crazy.

  5. Bob Costas:

    The IOC deserves all of the disdain and disgust that comes their way for going back to China yet again.

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