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Adjective: disgusting  dis'gús-ting
  1. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    "the town's disgusting smell was from the factory nearby";
    - disgustful [archaic], foul, loathly [literary], loathsome, repellent, repellant, revolting, wicked, yucky [informal], gross-out [informal], loathful [archaic], yukky [informal], sickening, nauseating, vile
Verb: disgust  dis'gúst
  1. Fill with distaste
    "This spoilt food disgusts me";
    - gross out [informal], revolt, repel
     
  2. Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
    "The pornographic pictures disgusted us";
    - revolt, nauseate, sicken

See also: distasteful, gut-wrenching, offensive, unsavory [US], unsavoury [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: excite, repel, repulse, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Disgusting

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