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DISGUST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong feelings of dislike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("disgust" is a kind of...):

dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disgust"):

abhorrence; abomination; detestation; execration; loathing; odium (hate coupled with disgust)

horror; repugnance; repulsion; revulsion (intense aversion)

nausea (disgust so strong it makes you feel sick)

Derivation:

disgust (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of)

disgust (fill with distaste)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

Example:

The pornographic pictures sickened us

Synonyms:

churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "disgust" is one way to...):

repel; repulse (be repellent to; cause aversion in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disgust"):

appal; appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock (strike with disgust or revulsion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to disgust Sue

Derivation:

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill with distaste

Example:

This spoilt food disgusts me

Synonyms:

disgust; gross out; repel; revolt

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "disgust" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disgust"):

nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach (upset and make nauseated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A month before it might have disgusted him, or made him curious and set him to speculating about her state of consciousness at that moment.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Jim looked at him with disgust in every line of his face.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But the look of them, added to the difficulty of the shore and the high running of the surf, was more than enough to disgust me of that landing-place.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Holmes turned on his heel with a gesture of disgust.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He drew a sovereign from his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the air of a man whose disgust is too deep for words.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He glanced at it, and then, with an ejaculation of disgust, threw it on the floor.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I know that I must have disgusted you.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She had even learnt to detect, in the very gentleness which had first delighted her, an affectation and a sameness to disgust and weary.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

That is worse than anything—quite disgusting!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)