# disgust

Pronunciation: say "dis-GUST" /dɪsˈɡʌst/

## Noun

1. Intense dislike or loathing felt toward something bad or nasty.
   - Simple: A very strong feeling of not liking something because it is nasty or bad.
   - _With a look of disgust, he pushed the cold soup away._
   - _The senator's remarks drew widespread disgust from voters across the state._

## Verb

2. To make someone feel an intense dislike for something.
   - Simple: To give someone a very strong feeling of dislike for something.
   - _It disgusts her to watch people toss their litter in the park._
   - _Reports of the cruelty disgust anyone who reads them._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster ("to put off one's appetite"), from des- ("dis-") + gouster or goster ("to taste"), from Latin gustus ("a tasting"). The noun comes from Middle French desgoust, which was formed from the verb.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disgust (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).