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disgust

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1. disgust - Noun

2. disgust - Verb

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The pornographic pictures sickened us Source: Internet

This spoilt food disgusts me Source: Internet

According to St. Thomas Aquinas, acedia is a kind of sadness about things that are spiritual goods, or a “disgust with activity.” Source: Internet

A cardinal's secretary wrote: "In this painting there are but vulgarity, sacrilege, impiousness and disgust. Source: Internet

A Korean student curled her lip in disgust and said “hip hop is degenerate music”. Source: Internet

After Amelia finally chooses Becky's friendship over his during their stay in Germany, Dobbin leaves in disgust. Source: Internet

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