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
Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
Every new image keeps his scandals alive, fuels public disgust and reduces any remaining chance of quiet rehabilitation.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
They were disgusted by the comments.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Last year, during a visit to 60 Minutes, Winslet reacted to old footage of commentators discussing her dress size, voicing her lasting disgust for the way she was treated.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
Every new image keeps his scandals alive, fuels public disgust and reduces any remaining chance of quiet rehabilitation.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
They were disgusted by the comments.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgust
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Wylde, who has introduced Mamdani to many business leaders in the city since his election, said there’s widespread distaste for his tax-the-rich agenda in local business communities.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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That’s why, even when a team with six losses sits a ways away from panic, Caruso finds distaste when licking his wounds.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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When Erika desires to celebrate with other fans in the city, tensions build during the match, and Erika becomes a target for misplaced hatred when the game takes a turn for the worse.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2026
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His loathing for totalitarianism was among the very few hatreds Reagan ever held, his biographer Edmund Morris said.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Most of those sickened were not vaccinated, and two children died.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Just thinking about it totally sickens me.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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Raw or Unripe Elderberries Are Toxic Uncooked elderberries, leaves, stems, and seeds contain cyanogenic glycosides, which can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.—
Health,
Health,
12 Jan. 2026
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Side effects were reportedly similar to GLP-1 medications, most commonly including gastrointestinal complications like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jefferson—the original originalist—would have been appalled at some of our recent Supreme Court decisions.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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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
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To our minds, Wednesday's horror, those kids who lost a mother, should supplant the inevitable circling of the ideological wagons and the parsing of the different angles of pictures taken at the scene.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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But the harder the novice looks — and the greater the chaos inside them longing for order, even of a diabolical nature — the more clearly the horror will appear.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Passengers aboard a taxiing aircraft were reportedly left horrified last month when chilling screams suddenly echoed from beneath the cabin just moments before takeoff.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Stillwater resident Nick Gorski said his father, a World War II veteran who fought in Northern Italy with the 10th Mountain Brigade, would be horrified by what is happening today.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgust. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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