English Dictionary: Disgusting | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Disgusting | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Disgusting \Dis*gust"ing\, a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- {Dis*gust"ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Disgust \Dis*gust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disgusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disgusting}.] [OF. desgouster, F. d[82]go[96]ter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. go[96]ter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See {Gust} to taste.] 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. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. --Prescott. [92]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. --J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. --Macaulay. |