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
Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Herrera, who is running in a Republican primary in Texas' 23rd Congressional District, expressed disgust at the video.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
Michael Catanzaro, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Many Americans are demonstrably disgusted, shamed, and angered by their tyrants, but mainstream literary and intellectual institutions seem unable or unwilling to give voice to them.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Noun
So, at the ripe old age of 42, and much to his family’s disgust, Paul takes up the life of the artist, leaving (presumably rent-free) in his aunt’s surprisingly sizable studio flat in a suburb of Paris.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Herrera, who is running in a Republican primary in Texas' 23rd Congressional District, expressed disgust at the video.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Working-class voters grew disenchanted with, and then disgusted by, elite, wealthy liberals.
—Michael Catanzaro, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Many Americans are demonstrably disgusted, shamed, and angered by their tyrants, but mainstream literary and intellectual institutions seem unable or unwilling to give voice to them.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgust
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Or the public’s general distaste for being confronted with tetchy societal issues will still prevail; doom-scrolling should be done on one’s phone at home, not out in the world among other people.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Cornell students, alumni and other Reddit users have largely expressed their distaste for the incident.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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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
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This is another fatalistic image of the single track on which homosexual desire is condemned to run, love inevitably curdling into hatred.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Irish rap trio Kneecap has been banned from entering Canada, with the government accusing the group of allegedly promoting violence and hatred and supporting terrorist groups.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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Pineapple juice can make the medication's effects stronger or cause side effects, such as an increased risk of bleeding, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ketamine therapy’s most common short-term side effects are dizziness and nausea, but in extreme cases, long-term, heavy use of ketamine is associated with memory problems, gastrointestinal issues, and urinary tract infections, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy holds views that clash sharply with the president’s legal reform agenda and should appall anyone who supports the president’s goal of reforming America’s legal system.—
Tiger Joyce,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The latter being especially notable in one of the later levels, which is infested by body-horror-type monstrosities, as their screams are genuinely unnerving.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Director Tina Romero, the daughter of the father of zombie movies, George Romero, delivers a campy horror-comedy about what happens when an undead outbreak occurs at a drag club party in Brooklyn, as seen in Entertainment Weekly's exclusive trailer reveal.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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And at least 8 percent of people sickened by measles this year had gotten one or more doses of the MMR vaccine—living proof that vaccinated people are also at risk when illnesses are given room to maneuver.—
Jamie Ducharme,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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For example, certain grasses contain compounds from endophytes that sicken grazing animals.—
Anna Marija Helt,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, voices on the left responded with revulsion.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hollywood personalities, including some on the left, expressed revulsion at the killing.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgust. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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