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View synonyms for disgusting

disgusting

[ dis-guhs-ting, dih-skuhs- ]

adjective

  1. causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.

    Synonyms: detestable, abhorrent, repugnant, revolting, repulsive, nauseous, sickening, loathsome



disgusting

/ dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ /

adjective

  1. loathsome; repugnant Also (rare)disgustful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • disˈgustingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • dis·gusting·ly adjective
  • dis·gusting·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disgusting1

First recorded in 1745–55; disgust + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

In New Mexico, the GOP candidate ran a disgusting ad blasting Stansbury’s onetime, partial support for a radical proposal to shift police funding.

That is gross and disgusting and that makes you unfit for duty.

Such disrespect for the heroes who courageously tried to protect the American people’s Capitol is disgusting.

At some point, if you have been spitting tobacco juice on the ground for 30 years, you don’t realize some people might find it disgusting.

The disgusting facsimiles of human beings exemplified by the likes of Sens.

I thought it was disgusting that she stayed with him because she knew.

If you can stomach lunch—forensic archaeology can be disgusting.

I doubt Wills feels it is disgusting for pro-life activists to register voters at anti-abortion protests.

Or when she utters disgusting comments like “Let Allah sort them out,” as she did when discussing the bloody conflict in Syria.

Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.

His avarice was disgusting beyond words, and with avarice went a tendency to underhand dealing, harshness, and malice.

Does a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?

It is a disgusting habit, and one not easily cured if once contracted, to make any noise with the lips when eating.

And my poor Ethel finds her singing constantly interrupted by the disgusting row made by our next-door neighbour.

It is not easy to imagine anything more disgusting and repulsive than these priests.

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