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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
The wealth disparity and how competitive sports enables opportunity hoarding is just disgusting. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026 There is real hope of a postseason push, with the disgusting state of the American League leaving the door open for any team that dares to play well. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 26 Aug. 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
  • Without all that, the series misses out on the ugly, earthy, sensual details that could have complicated her past blank innocence.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this season, the Seahawks coach described a dispute with Payton that got ugly enough for Seattle to threaten a lawsuit.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 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
  • Hersh was held hostage for 328 sickening, agonizing, and starving days until his captors executed him with five other young and luminous people in a tunnel underneath Gaza.
    — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The idea of my dad’s enduring intense treatments and sickening side effects for the rest of his life was dreadful.
    — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 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
  • Hill is a free agent after a horrible injury suffered last season.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Ashley Flynn’s sister, Kayla Keyt, said during her victim statement that her family could not overcome their sense of shock and despair after learning that Flynn betrayed them in such a violent and horrible way.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of horrible
Verb
  • The crime scene was gruesome, horrifying those who were summoned to the Second Street home in the wake of the attacks.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The complications are horrifying doctors.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Definition of horrifying
Adjective
  • When Moore left the game after an awful hit from a USC linebacker, Raiola stepped up and looked even better.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • But coming off the back of that, there was all of this legislation that was pretty awful and generally, there were a lot of homophobic attitudes, still quite extreme, even as late as the 1990s.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of awful
Verb
  • Some of their stomachs endure the nauseating exercise without producing vomit.
    — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The sound quality is scratchy; the camerawork is nauseating, and not in a chicly experimental way.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of nauseating

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“Disgusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgusting. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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