as in distaste
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
we turned from the grisly scene with disgust
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as in to repulse
to cause to feel disgust
the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us
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Recent Examples of disgust
Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The young writer, disgusted by the condition of his own sheets, placed the relatively clean linen on his bed.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Noun
The women's prison drugs recovery counselor, Allyson Collier-Emerson, watched with a mixture of admiration, fascination and disgust.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
Interestingly enough, by 1920 Jarvis was disgusted with how commercialized Mother's Day had become.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The young writer, disgusted by the condition of his own sheets, placed the relatively clean linen on his bed.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgust
Noun
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The respected journo most recently discussed his distaste for Drake and Althoff’s first interview after watching a preview for their latest chat on The Bigger Picture.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Iran’s leaders still had their old distaste for direct confrontation.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
Noun
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Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Examples abound of men with histories of misogyny – often expressed online – who go on to commit violent crimes in the name of their hatred.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Others may include nausea, difficulty breathing and muscle weakness.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rollouts of new laser projection technology are improving issues with screen darkness, if not some viewers’ headaches and nausea.—
Gregg Goldstein,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s victories against the bureaucracy have appalled many Democrats, though none have much of a theory on how to put Humpty Dumpty back together.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Moore previously served as the defense attorney for Louise and David Turpin, the California couple who abused and imprisoned their 13 children and dependent adults in a 'house of horrors' for years.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Hateful Eight and also headlined the horror-Western Bone Tomahawk, which featured Fox in a supporting role.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Influencer content promoting the consumption of raw milk has grown prolific online, even as outbreaks of foodborne illnesses linked to unpasteurized dairy have recently sickened consumers across the country.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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But screwworms aren't the only dangerous pathogens sickening Americans this summer.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s revulsion for math that contradicts his narrative.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Revelations about how bots could talk to children on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and its Meta AI assistant were met with revulsion.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgust. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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