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Definitions for disgusting
dɪsˈgʌs tɪŋ, dɪˈskʌs-dis·gust·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

    "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

Wiktionary

  1. disgustingadjective

    which causes disgust, repulsive, distasteful.

ChatGPT

  1. disgusting

    Disgusting refers to something extremely unpleasant, revolting, or repulsive that generates strong feelings of aversion, disgust, or nausea in individuals. It can relate to a strong dislike or distaste for something due to its offensive, unappealing, or repugnant nature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disgusting

    of Disgust

  2. Disgustingadjective

    that causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'disgusting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2510

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disgusting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disgusting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of disgusting in a Sentence

  1. Colin Wayne:

    He said it's virtually impossible for Kabul to be taken over, he had zero concerns. Days later, [here] we are today with Afghani locals throwing babies over to other countries and literally falling hundreds of feet from planes because they have no alternative options. That's disgusting.

  2. Reginald Bolding:

    It’s a sickening irony that he’s doing this by dangling millions of federally provided funds for COVID-19 relief and forcing school districts to choose between the health and safety of kids and educators, or millions in additional funding that Republicans have withheld for years, with the delta variant running rampant and COVID-19 cases among children on the rise, it’s disgusting to put a bounty on spreading this illness to kids and punishing schools that try to operate safely.

  3. Albert Einstein:

    My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.

  4. Alameda County:

    The surveillance video footage is disgusting and reminds me of Rodney King. Those deputies viciously attacked a man who appeared to be surrendering. They beat him with their batons even though he was not resisting, this is clearly excessive force.

  5. Max Wise:

    The disgusting comments by Gov. Bevin insinuating that a peaceful protest by teachers would lead to sexual assault are reprehensible, i don't agree with these comments I find them repulsive.

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