What does disgust mean?
Definitions for disgust
dɪsˈgʌst, dɪˈskʌstdis·gust
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Princeton's WordNet
disgustverb
strong feelings of dislike
disgust, gross out, revolt, repelverb
fill with distaste
"This spoilt food disgusts me"
disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn upverb
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
"The pornographic pictures sickened us"
Wiktionary
disgustnoun
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
disgustverb
To cause an intense dislike for something.
It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.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
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
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
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
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
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
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. desgouster—des (= L. dis), and gouster—L. gustāre, to taste.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disgust in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disgust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of disgust in a Sentence
Not only has she made her disgust for law enforcement clear by her repeated calls to defund the police, she has a history of not only excusing, but celebrating criminals who have murdered police officers, the Department of Justice has a long history of being apolitical, of exercising fidelity to the law, of not using the law as a partisan weapon to target enemies of whatever administration is in power. The Obama-Biden administration corrupted that practice, and now the Biden-Harris administration is continuing that pattern.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Aphorisms in Beyond Good and Evil:
Disgust with dirt can be so great that it prevents us from cleaning ourselves - from "justifying" ourselves.
That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.
Keondra White Facebook -RRB- White:
It was just pure disgust, something you can’t fathom seeing that.
Ovid:
The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
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- إشمئزازArabic
- агідаBelarusian
- отвращение, отвращавамBulgarian
- fer fàstic, fàsticCatalan, Valencian
- hnus, zhnusit, odpor, znechutitCzech
- afsky, fremkalde, væmmelseDanish
- ekeln, EkelGerman
- αηδίαGreek
- naŭzoEsperanto
- repugnar, repulsa, repugnancia, desazón, ascoSpanish
- بیزاری, بیزار کردنPersian
- inho, vastenmielisyys, iljettää, inhottaaFinnish
- dégoûter, dégoûtFrench
- mierWestern Frisian
- déistinIrish
- sgreamhaich, gràinScottish Gaelic
- גועל, הגעילHebrew
- undorít, undorHungarian
- disgusto, disgustareItalian
- ムカつく, 嫌い, 嫌悪, 嫌気がさす, 嫌気Japanese
- ზიზღიGeorgian
- riebties, riebumsLatvian
- whakarihariha, whakarikarika, whakaanuanu, whakahouhouMāori
- одвратностMacedonian
- få til å vemmesNorwegian
- afschuwDutch
- gje avsky, vemjing, få til å vemmast, få til å vemjast, avsky, vemmingNorwegian Nynorsk
- gi vemmelse, vemmelse, avsky, gi avskyNorwegian
- odraza, wstrętPolish
- repugnância, repugnar, enojar, nojoPortuguese
- dezgusta, dezgust, îngrețoșa, scârbiRomanian
- омерзение, [[вызывать]] [[отвращение]], отвращение, [[вызвать]] [[отвращение]]Russian
- гађење, gađenjeSerbo-Croatian
- odpor, hnusSlovak
- gnusSlovene
- äckel, äcklaSwedish
- வெறுப்புTamil
- రోత కలిగించుTelugu
- iğrenti, iğrenmeTurkish
- відразаUkrainian
- עקלYiddish
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