to disgust
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2.1
- verb
- /dɪsˈɡʌst/
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- The sight of the decaying food in the fridge always disgusts me.
Mary Kate Cornet cornet Cornetto you, you disgust me.
- Mary Kate Cornet cornet Cornetto you, you disgust me.
- When you hear speech that bothers you, you hear speech that repulses you, speech that disgusts you.
- We've seen history has seen what happens when you dehumanize people and it disgusts me.
- The first thing that they have to start their day is looking at a reflection in the mirror that physically and mentally disgust them.
- It should shock and disgust you, as should the so-called brothers who chose to behave like a little blue gang rather than as black men.
Examples
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-Oh, man, you disgust me.
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- It disgusts me.
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No, people who eat meat disgust me.
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And you know what, you disgust me.
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- Yeah, I know, I disgust you.
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I know this is gonna disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.
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And I figure that out and I use these deliberately to disgust people because it worked.
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You disgust me.
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And I think it's just morally bankrupt and it disgusts me to the core of my being.
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Pace Professor Gruber, I can't help feeling somewhat disgusted by this unsanitary habit.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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4.4
To make someone feel strong dislike
29
5.3
Make someone feel strong disgust or moral horror
27
4.3
Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions
23
6.7
To make someone feel strong dislike or disgust
14
7.3
Make someone feel disgusted or sick
5
5.1
Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust
3
6.9
To make someone feel sick or disgusted
1
7.3
Make people feel strong disgust or moral upset
Antonyms
Compounds
How Strong
64
5.5
29
5.3
83
2.1
11
4.1
524
2.8
22
3.7
28
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
disgust = dis + gust
Historically composed of dis- + a root meaning 'taste', but that root is not a productive standalone English word and may be confused with unrelated 'gust' (a sudden wind), making the formation non-transparent to learners.
Etymology
Disgust (verb) comes from the same Latin parts dis- ('not' or 'away') and gustare ('to taste'), so it originally meant to 'take away the taste'. That's why to disgust someone is to make them feel a strong dislike or physical sickness because something seems unpleasant or offensive.