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adjective

di-ˈskə-stiŋ How to pronounce disgusting (audio)
Definition of disgustingnext
as in ugly
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment when we cleaned the room, we found a disgusting plate of moldy food under the bed

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disgusting

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verb

present participle of disgust
as in appalling
to cause to feel disgust the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us

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Recent Examples of disgusting
Adjective
Get a room, this is disgusting! — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom. — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Verb
The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026 Discharge Papers • Aw, The Pitt is back and happy to be disgusting again! — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disgusting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgusting
  1. ugly
  2. appalling
  3. sickening
  4. repulsing
  5. horrible
  6. horrifying
  7. awful
  8. nauseating
Adjective
  • Even when Romanzy goes off on how stupid and ugly Caleb is — and gossips that his parents abandoned him because something must be wrong with him — Mary goes along with it.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
  • Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of ugly
Verb
  • The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Of all the recent poster boys for appalling misbehavior by the State Police, Michael Proctor would of course rank number one.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Definition of appalling
Adjective
  • The 2022 spill was the largest ever from the Keystone pipeline, killing or sickening 2,700 animals.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • But there are multiple Ebola strains, and those vaccines, treatments, and tests aren’t effective against the rarer strain, Bundibugyo, sickening people today.
    — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026
Definition of sickening
Verb
  • While there are dismemberments and other bits of gruesome violence to be found in the film, Badlands is largely aimed at endearing its audience rather than repulsing them.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of repulsing
Adjective
  • The toll was horrible, with some families suffering multiple deaths and injuries.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Plus, Palmer is a horrible person — in this case, the victim is much more despicable than the thieves.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of horrible
Verb
  • The complications are horrifying doctors.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Following her rescue, horrifying details of what happened to Jaycee began to emerge.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of horrifying
Adjective
  • One year Pippa Middleton faced the awful shame of having to sit in a normal seat after showing up late.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Sugar is at the forensic lab with the corpse of a man who looks an awful lot like Ji Moon but isn’t Ji Moon (courtesy of Shea Whigham as Tom Flybjerg).
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
Definition of awful
Verb
  • For more than a year, an uncontrolled fire had burned in the bowels of the dump, broiling old garbage and sending nauseating fumes into nearby homes.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Rebecca Sherman Weatherford, Texas As viewed by this lawyer in Missouri, what Keefe (no relation) describes is nauseating.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of nauseating

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