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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as in appalling
to cause to feel disgust
the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us
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Recent Examples of disgusting
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
The president announced the work in April during an unrelated Oval Office appearance, saying he was inspired by complaints from a friend visiting from Germany who called the pool dark and disgusting.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
Discharge Papers • Aw, The Pitt is back and happy to be disgusting again!
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom.
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Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
The president announced the work in April during an unrelated Oval Office appearance, saying he was inspired by complaints from a friend visiting from Germany who called the pool dark and disgusting.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Verb
The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous.
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Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
Discharge Papers • Aw, The Pitt is back and happy to be disgusting again!
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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Lasko’s teammate, Devin Taylor, was able to get up and field the rolling ball that split the two defenders, but Lasko stayed on the ground in what was a pretty ugly crash.
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His ability to perform a cesarean section — something Doc couldn't dream of — forces the town to reckon with an ugly part of their collective conscience.
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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.
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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.
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Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes and sickening passengers and crew members at an alarming rate, according to a September 2025 report by The Wall Street Journal.
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The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
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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.
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The Red Sox offense has been horrible this season, but Contreras has been everything the club could have hoped for.
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
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The complications are horrifying doctors.
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Following her rescue, horrifying details of what happened to Jaycee began to emerge.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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Rebecca Sherman Weatherford, Texas As viewed by this lawyer in Missouri, what Keefe (no relation) describes is nauseating.
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The smell was overwhelming, a nauseating mix of rotting food, burning plastic, chemicals and decay that clung to my clothes and skin.
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“Disgusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgusting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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