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
Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Predictably, this was met with widespread disgust and calls for tighter controls.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder celebrated their first NBA championship in June and endured widespread mockery from the internet when most of them were confused and then disgusted by their first taste of champagne.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Coach Dean Evason watched Thursday’s loss to the Colorado Avalanche with disgust.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Predictably, this was met with widespread disgust and calls for tighter controls.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
They were disgusted by the comments.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder celebrated their first NBA championship in June and endured widespread mockery from the internet when most of them were confused and then disgusted by their first taste of champagne.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgust
Noun
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That distaste didn’t hurt Spanberger and her ticket, because 18% of those unhappy voters backed her anyway.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Elsewhere, Day-Lewis reiterated his distaste for the misrepresentation of method acting, having previously defended the approach last month and throughout recent press appearances.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Carol is repulsed by how regressive this sounds and nearly loses her temper for an alien-shaking third time in the episode.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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This is a movie designed to repulse as much attract, and one in which its sheer messiness, its chaos-Muppet energy and its mania gets you uncomfortably close to its unraveling main character’s mindset.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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My darling, hatred takes the beauty away.—
Tracee Ellis Ross,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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Muschietti touched on this in his movies — the bullying of Mike Hanlon and the hate-crime murder of Adrian Mellon — including the way Pennywise fosters and foments the hatred already lurking in the hearts of Derry’s citizens.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In total, the outbreak—linked to prepared pasta sold at grocery stores across the country—is known to have sickened 27 people in 18 states.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
5 Nov. 2025
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The crash has drawn a range of reactions — from conspiracy theories that suggest a government plot to sicken people to serious responses from people who oppose experimenting on animals.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But as long as the media climate provides the perfect temperature for these shows to grow and expand, and until audiences are satiated to the point of nausea, creators will continue to cook up fresh ideas.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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To this end, the brain’s expectations don’t match the new reality, and that mismatch causes space motion sickness (nausea, dizziness, disorientation).—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Fox News Digital columnist Hugh Hewitt writes that all Americans should be shocked and appalled at the return of antisemitism.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Roberts’s initial statement, delivered in a video posted to social media, appalled a large part of the political right, which has sought to distance itself from Fuentes.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The green Christmas light blinks in horror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The video teaser Chrli shared features eerie, horror film–like sound effects and the haunting sound of violins as Charli is pinned down by an elderly hand while staring directly into the camera.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Maia’s horrified to realize that the bag was stolen; Tallulah’s mostly just annoyed she got caught.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The people who owned the land were horrified to think of our sleeping outside in the cold.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgust. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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