as in sickening
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
when we cleaned the room, we found a disgusting plate of moldy food under the bed
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as in appalling
to cause to feel disgust
the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us
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Recent Examples of disgusting
Brooke Eby, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Billions Of Jellyfish Wash Up On Beach By Jess Thomson
Science Reporter
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A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal bacteria.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
The film’s creators have gone to great lengths to make the creature as monstrous and disgusting as possible.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
This particular combination of the cutesy and the absolutely disgusting would become a Lynch signature.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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My TikTok really blew up somewhere between my videos taste-testing a really disgusting medication and my series about dating.
—Brooke Eby, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Billions Of Jellyfish Wash Up On Beach By Jess Thomson
Science Reporter
1
A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal bacteria.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
The film’s creators have gone to great lengths to make the creature as monstrous and disgusting as possible.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
This particular combination of the cutesy and the absolutely disgusting would become a Lynch signature.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgusting
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Sunday night’s premiere at the Eccles Center was met with screams, laughs and squirms of discomfort during the film’s more sickening moments.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States, sickening millions of Americans.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Also: Her ugly drag face at the start of the competition has apparently freed her up to do character paints in the challenges that the other girls aren’t touching.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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The star of The Rookie took to Instagram to share the good, bad, and ugly parts of welcoming her third child, daughter Rhiannon.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
28 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile the parents had suffered years of horrible harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers.—
Rochelle Eastman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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His death was so horrible that people still don’t talk about it.—
Julie Seabaugh,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Gigi Rodriguez The impact of affirming parents Spencer: That's awful.—
Spencer Macnaughton,
Them,
1 Feb. 2025
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Finally, there’s an interminably long Golden Girls sketch with Acacia (who is fine but not actually funny) and Lydia (who is awful).—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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And in reading on, it will be said up front that government spending is the most hideous, economy-sapping tax of all.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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SpaceX plans to launch a second mission this evening, which wouldn't be shocking — the company has sent two rockets up just hours apart before.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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The shocking moment quickly made headlines when Censori, who arrived in a large fur coat, undressed on the spot and posed for the cameras in a completely sheer dress without a bra or underwear underneath.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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So Far Layton’s contributions also include a playfully obscene drawing that Cohen faxed to her, the photograph of Ihlen used on the back cover of Cohen’s Songs from a Room, and the key to an entrance of Cohen’s apartment on the Greek island of Hydra.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2025
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Following an extensive investigation, police said detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging 29-year-old Curtis Field of Vernon with disseminating obscene material to a minor.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
29 Jan. 2025
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Shirley is young and obnoxious, compulsively going live on Instagram and carrying her phone around on a little beaded leash.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Kelce has officially become the obnoxious face of the Chiefs.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Disgusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgusting. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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