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English Dictionary: disgust	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disgust n strong feelings of dislike v fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel] cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" Synonym(s): disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disgust \Disgust"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disgust \Disgust"\, n. [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. d[82]go[96]t. See {Disgust}, v. t.] 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. The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust* wherewith it is received. --Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. --Macaulay. Syn: Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See {Dislike}.