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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as in shocked
filled with disgust
the disgusted diners left, vowing to report the restaurant to the board of health
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as in sickened
to cause to feel disgust
the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us
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Recent Examples of disgust
Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
Seeing these belief systems on screen evokes a visceral disgust impossible to come by when reading about them in a textbook.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Bob Pisani, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
The Republicans who rid us of Nixon in 1974 would be disgusted.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
This implies that disgusted and amused reactions are indeed occurring simultaneously to create something new.
—Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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Noun
From celebrities to plutocrats like Elon Musk, there’s more disgust with the elite than ever.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
Seeing these belief systems on screen evokes a visceral disgust impossible to come by when reading about them in a textbook.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
In the mid-1970s, disgusted by the corruption in his hometown of Jersey City, Cashin ran for mayor.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
The Republicans who rid us of Nixon in 1974 would be disgusted.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Other fans were equally disgusted that Jaguars players were also ejected for the brawl that happened afterward.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
This implies that disgusted and amused reactions are indeed occurring simultaneously to create something new.
—Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgust
Noun
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Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Yet Kingsley frequently expressed his distaste for rigid scientific naturalism and its rejection of all intuition and openness to the unknown.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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McCasland was shocked, asking one of his staff members to see the replay on an iPad.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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Everyone has been sufficiently shocked, Hazen said.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Hannah condemned hatred of Muslims in the strongest terms possible, and Pandith did the same against antisemitism.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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However, with new strains breaking out and lockdowns needing to be reinstated, Ardern quickly became a target of fringe groups like anti-vaxxers and far-right conspiracy theorists importing Trump’s hatred to the other side of the world.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Most cases were blamed on direct contact with sick animals, except for three that have befuddled investigators who failed to identify a likely source.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Bennett collected samples of the mold and started feeling terribly sick during her research.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
The Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Symptoms may include fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, chest pain, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and unexplained bleeding or bruising.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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It’s also been proven to help combat nausea, Badgett added.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Out of these mixings will come magnificent horrors and amazements.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Having begun her acting career in 1964, Lee starred in notable stage productions of Death of a Salesman and Macbeth, K-drama The Uncanny Counter, and the 2016 horror movie Train to Busan.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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It is also being met with outsize revulsion by many voters.—
Karla Adam,
Washington Post,
26 June 2024
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The collective and immediate show of opprobrium and moral revulsion by Western governments, corporations, and cultural bodies meted out wide-reaching and consequential stigmatization.—
Alexander Cooley,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Oct. 2022
Noun
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Despite the title, Chihaya’s memoir doesn’t argue that books are worthy of repulsion.—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Milk symbolizes innocence and purity, and the adult who continues to indulge in it — nay, cling to it — long after their loss of innocence provokes light repulsion, confusion, and fascination in the observer.—
Allison P. Davis,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgust. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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