Meaning of "disgust" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISGUST

From Old French desgouster, from des-dis-1 + gouster to taste, from goust taste, from Latin gustus.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DISGUST

dɪsˈɡʌst

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISGUST

Disgust is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disgust in English.

WHAT DOES DISGUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disgust

Disgust is an emotional response of revulsion to something considered offensive or unpleasant. In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin wrote that disgust is a sensation that refers to something revolting. Disgust is experienced primarily in relation to the sense of taste, and secondarily to anything which causes a similar feeling by sense of smell, touch, or vision. Musically sensitive people may even be disgusted by the cacophony of inharmonious sounds. Research continually has proven a relationship between disgust and anxiety disorders such as arachnophobia, blood-injection-injury type phobias, and contamination fear related obsessive–compulsive disorder. Disgust is one of the basic emotions of Robert Plutchik's theory of emotions and has been studied extensively by Paul Rozin. It invokes a characteristic facial expression, one of Paul Ekman's six universal facial expressions of emotion. Unlike the emotions of fear, anger, and sadness, disgust is associated with a decrease in heart rate.

Definition of disgust in the English dictionary

The first definition of disgust in the dictionary is to sicken or fill with loathing. Other definition of disgust is to offend the moral sense, principles, or taste of. Disgust is also a great loathing or distaste aroused by someone or something.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISGUST

PRESENT

Present

I disgust

you disgust

he/she/it disgusts

we disgust

you disgust

they disgust

Present continuous

I am disgusting

you are disgusting

he/she/it is disgusting

we are disgusting

you are disgusting

they are disgusting

Present perfect

I have disgusted

you have disgusted

he/she/it has disgusted

we have disgusted

you have disgusted

they have disgusted

Present perfect continuous

I have been disgusting

you have been disgusting

he/she/it has been disgusting

we have been disgusting

you have been disgusting

they have been disgusting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I disgusted

you disgusted

he/she/it disgusted

we disgusted

you disgusted

they disgusted

Past continuous

I was disgusting

you were disgusting

he/she/it was disgusting

we were disgusting

you were disgusting

they were disgusting

Past perfect

I had disgusted

you had disgusted

he/she/it had disgusted

we had disgusted

you had disgusted

they had disgusted

Past perfect continuous

I had been disgusting

you had been disgusting

he/she/it had been disgusting

we had been disgusting

you had been disgusting

they had been disgusting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will disgust

you will disgust

he/she/it will disgust

we will disgust

you will disgust

they will disgust

Future continuous

I will be disgusting

you will be disgusting

he/she/it will be disgusting

we will be disgusting

you will be disgusting

they will be disgusting

Future perfect

I will have disgusted

you will have disgusted

he/she/it will have disgusted

we will have disgusted

you will have disgusted

they will have disgusted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been disgusting

you will have been disgusting

he/she/it will have been disgusting

we will have been disgusting

you will have been disgusting

they will have been disgusting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would disgust

you would disgust

he/she/it would disgust

we would disgust

you would disgust

they would disgust

Conditional continuous

I would be disgusting

you would be disgusting

he/she/it would be disgusting

we would be disgusting

you would be disgusting

they would be disgusting

Conditional perfect

I would have disgust

you would have disgust

he/she/it would have disgust

we would have disgust

you would have disgust

they would have disgust

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been disgusting

you would have been disgusting

he/she/it would have been disgusting

we would have been disgusting

you would have been disgusting

they would have been disgusting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you disgust
we let´s disgust
you disgust

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to disgust

Past participle

disgusted

Present Participle

disgusting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DISGUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disgust» and belong to the same grammatical category.

abhorrence · abomination · anger · antipathy · aversion · detestation · dislike · distaste · fury · gross out · hatefulness · hatred · hurt · indignation · loathing · nausea · nauseate · odium · offend · outrage · put off · repel · repugnance · repulsion · resentment · revolt · revulsion · shock · sicken · wrath

TRANSLATION OF DISGUST

Find out the translation of disgust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of disgust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disgust» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 厌恶感
• Translator English - Spanish: indignación
• English: disgust
• Translator English - Hindi: घृणा
• Translator English - Arabic: الاشمئزاز
• Translator English - Russian: отвращение
• Translator English - Portuguese: repugnância
• Translator English - Bengali: বিতৃষ্ণা
• Translator English - French: dégoût
• Translator English - Malay: Jijik
• Translator English - German: Abscheu
• Translator English - Japanese: 嫌気
• Translator English - Korean: 혐오감
• Translator English - Javanese: Nesu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thù ghét
• Translator English - Tamil: உங்களுடைய வெறுப்பை
• Translator English - Marathi: तिरस्कार
• Translator English - Turkish: iğrenme
• Translator English - Italian: disgusto
• Translator English - Polish: wstręt
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відраза
• Translator English - Romanian: dezgust
• Translator English - Greek: αηδία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: afgryse
• Translator English - Swedish: avsky
• Translator English - Norwegian: avsky

10 QUOTES WITH «DISGUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disgust.

1

Steve Allen

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

2

Walter Benjamin

All disgust is originally disgust at touching.

3

Paul Bloom

The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and human cloning, but the fact that some people find such acts to be disgusting should carry no weight.

4

Margaret Cavendish

For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.

5

Robert Crumb

You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting our craziness, our meanness, our towering disgust.

6

Robert Crumb

When I go back to America, after a few days I am once again filled with this kind of angry alienation and disgust with this thing there that America has got - you have no idea how pervasive it is there. The public relations and propaganda put out by the corporate mono-culture there is so pervasive.

7

Rachel Cusk

An eating disorder epidemic suggests that love and disgust are being jointly marketed, as it were; that wherever the proposition might first have come from, the unacceptability of the female body has been disseminated culturally.

8

Diogenes

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

9

Alice Dreger

According to my mother, there pretty much wasn't anything I wouldn't eat as a child. Not just try, but eat. I was even inclined to dig into stuff about which she expressed open disgust - lobster and other shellfish, and cheap Chinese food with pepper so hot it made your gums feel like a medieval dentist had been at them.

10

Thomas Frank

When the entertainers of the Right aren't declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they're pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call 'the Chicago way.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISGUST»

Discover the use of disgust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disgust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Anatomy of Disgust

William Miller details our anxious relation to basic life processes; eating, excreting, fornicating, decaying, and dying.

William Ian MILLER, William Ian Miller, 2009

The Meaning of Disgust

Existentialism and psychoanalysis sought a general theory of human emotion; this book seeks to replace them with a theory in which our primary mode of feeling centers around disgust.

Colin McGinn, 2011

Disgust: The Gatekeeper Emotion

Laced with developmental insights and vivid illustrations of disgust-related syndromes, Disgust: The Gatekeeper Emotion incorporates cultural analysis that links disgust to images of illness and health, to family life, to group identity, ...

Susan Miller, 2013

The Politics of Disgust: The Public Identity of the Welfare ...

The ongoing role of the politics of disgust in welfare policy is revealed here by using content analyses of the news media, the 1996 congressional floor debates, historical evidence and interviews with welfare recipients themselves.

Ange-Marie Hancock, 2004

Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law

Drawing on an extraordinarily rich variety of philosophical, psychological, and historical references--from Aristotle and Freud to Nazi ideas about purity--and on legal examples as diverse as the trials of Oscar Wilde and the Martha Stewart ...

Martha C. Nussbaum, 2009

From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and ...

A distinguished professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago, a prolific writer and award-winning thinker, Martha Nussbaum stands as one of our foremost authorities on law, justice, freedom, morality, and emotion.

Martha C. Nussbaum, 2010

On Disgust

This book also includes an article published shortly before the author's death titled "The Standard Modes of Aversion: Fear, Disgust, and Hatred."

Aurel Kolnai, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Barry Smith, 2004

Disgust: Theory and History of a Strong Sensation

A volume in the SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory Rodolphe Gasche, editor

Winfried Menninghaus, 2012

The Hydra's Tale: Imagining Disgust

In The Hydra's Tale, Robert Rawdon Wilson treats the experience of disgust not from the perspective of the disgusting object-in-the-world, but from its representation.

R. Rawdon Wilson, 2002

Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics

In the process of articulating a positive role for disgust, this book examines the nature of aesthetic apprehension and argues for the distinctive mode of cognition that disgust affords -- an intimate apprehension of physical mortality.

Carolyn Korsmeyer, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISGUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disgust is used in the context of the following news items.

Singer Jill Scott vents 'disgust' at Bill Cosby over sex sedatives …

Singer Jill Scott has turned against her “mentor” Bill Cosby, saying she was “completely disgusted” at his admission that he gave sedatives to ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»

'You disgust me': families confront Lebanese doctor who falsely …

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Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) "You Disgust Me" Release Date …

You Disgust Me consists of 14 tracks that include features from ... art (via Gangrene's Facebook page) and tracklist for You Disgust Me are as ... «HipHopDX, Jul 15»

Relative to Dr. Farid Fata: 'You Disgust Me, You Are a Monster'

“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” ― Suzanne Collins, "The Hunger Games". One by one, family members of ... «Deadline Detroit, Jul 15»

Yoxall man shows his naked disgust for Pamplona bull run in Spain …

Matthew Coleman, 36, shed his clothes and covered himself in red body paint to show his disgust over the way the animals are treated during ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»

Why Amitabh Bachchan Showed Disgust For The People Who Take …

Amitabh-Bachchan-Ad Amitabh Bachchan's recent post on facebook clearly says Ye Tumhare Baap Ka Ghar Nahi. Oh Yes! He showed ... «Business of Cinema, Jul 15»

Aamir Sohail expresses disgust over new domestic structure

“I am writing to express my utmost disgust and concern at the news that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), in order to start their domestic ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

Disgust dampens women's sexual arousal more than fear

Disgust is thought to be a protective emotion because it encourages humans to shun anything which could transmit disease, such as another ... «Capital FM Kenya, Jul 15»

Disgust at bottle attack on teenager

Police are seeking information after a beer bottle was thrown at a young teen's head. By Jonathan Dine. The father of a youth bottled on the ... «Hawke's Bay Today, Jun 15»

Lion-mauling and urinarium disgust – the old history of South …

Although business has been promised as usual in South Shields Market Place while the redevelopment works commence, changes are ... «Shields Gazette, Jun 15»