disgust

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- +‎ gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: dĭs-gŭstʹ, dĭs-kŭstʹ, dĭz-gŭstʹ, IPA(key): /dɪsˈɡʌst/, /dɪsˈkʌst/, /dɪzˈɡʌst/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɡʊst/, /dɪsˈkʊst/, /dɪzˈɡʊst/ Homophone: discussed Hyphenation: dis‧gust Rhymes: -ʌst === Verb === disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted) To cause an intense dislike for something. 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === disgust (uncountable) An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Thesaurus:disgust Thesaurus:yuck === References === === Further reading === “disgust”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “disgust”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “disgust”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Catalan == === Etymology === From dis- +‎ gust. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [dizˈɡust] IPA(key): (Valencia) [dizˈɣust] === Noun === disgust m (plural disgusts or disgustos) displeasure Antonym: plaer ==== Derived terms ==== disgustar === Further reading === “disgust”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “disgust”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “disgust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “disgust”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)