: marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful : repugnance
wrinkled her nose in disgust
his disgust at the way the media has been covering the story
disgusted; disgusting; disgusts
1
: to provoke to loathing, repugnance, or aversion : be offensive to
The idea of eating raw meat disgusts him.
2
: to cause (one) to lose an interest or intention
is disgusted by their ignorance
: to cause disgust
Examples of disgust in a Sentence
Noun
He eyed the greasy food with disgust.
As the smell of garbage drifted through the air, she wrinkled her nose in disgust.
He talked about his disgust with the way the news media focuses on celebrities.
Much to the disgust of some listeners, the speech was interrupted several times by a few people in the audience.
She shook her head in disgust when I described the scene.
Verb
She's a vegetarian because the idea of eating meat totally disgusts her.
The photographs disgust some people.
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Rules analyst Russell Yurk concurred, and although the NFL explained why the call was correct, the ESPN broadcasters’ disgust set off a social-media firestorm about how the officials are biased toward the Chiefs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Players looked away in disgust or shielded their eyes from the stress, the pressure, the uncertainty.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Rules analyst Russell Yurk concurred, and although the NFL explained why the call was correct, the ESPN broadcasters’ disgust set off a social-media firestorm about how the officials are biased toward the Chiefs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
People are disgusted with Israel’s response.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disgust. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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disgust
1 of 2 noun
dis·gust
dis-ˈgəst 
: a strong feeling of dislike caused especially by something sickening or evil
disgust
2 of 2 verb
: to cause to feel disgust
disgusted
adjective
disgustedly
adverb
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