as in sickening
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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as in appalling
to cause to feel disgust
the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us
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Recent Examples of disgusting
David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This behavior is disgusting and they should be fired.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
And yet … those conversations are also entertainingly provocative, and they’re accompanied by some of the scariest and most disgusting scenes the series has delivered up to now.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
But this disgusting and hateful speech is still speech and is protected by our First Amendment.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This behavior is disgusting and they should be fired.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
And yet … those conversations are also entertainingly provocative, and they’re accompanied by some of the scariest and most disgusting scenes the series has delivered up to now.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgusting
Adjective
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To come in and have [designers] fight over my Polaroid would be so sickening, or even a judge on the show.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Man arrested for sickening act at Charlie Kirk memorial outside Turning Point HQ MAJOR HEADLINES PARTY POWERPLAY – Zohran Mamdani lands key endorsement in New York City mayoral race.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lindell handles very ugly, difficult matchups and usually comes out on top, regardless of who he’s partnered with.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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If the scoreline made for ugly reading, the performance wasn’t much better.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Miami could choose to move on from the star receiver due to the horrible season-ending injury.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Many of the game’s best teams spent the regular season alternating between brilliant and horrible.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Television cameras captured the ensuing violence, horrifying much of the nation.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The grisly murder stayed a local story until horrifying CCTV footage of the incident started making the rounds on social media last weekend.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Once the selloff happened, the Twins were destined to be awful for the final two months, all but sealing Baldelli’s fate.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s the awful low; but Dunne’s story is ultimately one of redemption.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The action is at at best competent but uninspired, and at worst (such as a sword fight toward the end) choppy and nauseating.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2025
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All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, such a transition as implied by the current crisis necessitates and implies a coming organizational shift in society, but that could either result in a hideous fascism or in something genuinely utopian.—
Ed Simon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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One of the most hideous of the victim/perps is Jennifer McCabe.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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In his 1920 play, Capek’s robots end up revolting against humanity.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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There are blood stains in the bathroom, a revolting mess in the toilet.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Disgusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgusting. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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