disgusted

adjective

dis·​gust·​ed di-ˈskə-stəd 

dis-ˈgə-,

 also  diz-

: feeling or showing disgust : disturbed physically or mentally by something distasteful

He's disgusted by all the attention people give to celebrities.

He had a disgusted expression on his face.

She was disgusted with the decision.

And there it was, all over, and they were engaged as quick as that … There was nothing romantic about it and I was never so disgusted in my life.

—Lucy Maud Montgomery

disgustedly adverb

She shook her head disgustedly.

"They think the stupidest things are funny," Lisa says disgustedly.

—Erik Wessler

Synonyms

• nauseated
• repelled
• repulsed
• revolted
• shocked
• sick
• sickened

Examples of disgusted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Threatened by a pack of predators, Kong scares them off by ripping one of them apart over his head and seems disgusted when he gets drenched in the corpse’s green blood. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024

The footage from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, shocked and disgusted social media users across the country this weekend. —Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2024

Katharine’s latest T-shirt announces that its wearer is disgusted to be British, but from the industry’s point of view Hamnett, with her staunch beliefs and eco-conscious practices, is an example of what British fashion can be. —Alice Newbold, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2024

Nabokov is one of the most passionate advocates of this one-to-one school of translation and wrote many angry, disgusted polemics against anyone who used their judgment. —Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024

Online, the mere mention of Timberlake has become a launching point for disgusted and angry replies. —Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024

We are supposed to feel sickened, angry, desperate, and disgusted. —Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 12 Nov. 2023

The POWs went without baths for weeks and were refused treatment for their festering wounds until their captors finally became disgusted enough by their stench. —Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023

People are disgusted and shocked by this notion, but E’s brother doesn’t spend his time with such people. —Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of disgust entry 2

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above