Definition of disgust Disgust

/dɪsgʌˈst/ - [disgust] - dis•gust

We found 13 definitions of disgust from 7 different sources.

What does disgust mean?

Noun Plural: disgusts
disgust - strong feelings of dislike
		dislike a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"
		abhorrence, detestation, loathing, odium, abomination, execration hate coupled with disgust
		revulsion, repugnance, horror, repulsion intense aversion
Verb disgusts, disgusting, disgusted
disgust - fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"
		gross out, revolt, repel
		stimulate, excite, stir cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
		turn one's stomach, nauseate, sicken get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
disgust - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
		revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
		repulse, repel force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
		scandalise, scandalize, appal, appall, outrage, offend, shock subject to electrical shocks

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disgust (Noun)
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
disgust (Verb)
To cause an intense dislike for something.

disgust (v. t.)
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.
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.

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.]