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disgust

dis·gust

UK/dɪsˈɡʊst/ US/dɪsˈɡʌst/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

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verb

1.

fill with distaste

  • “This spoilt food disgusts me”
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2.

cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

  • “The pornographic pictures sickened us”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb.

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