as in distaste
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
we turned from the grisly scene with disgust
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as in to repulse
to cause to feel disgust
the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us
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Recent Examples of disgust
Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
The disorientation and disgust that so many people experienced in response to Trump’s thundering, violent proclamations is important.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Being taught society’s standard eating rituals, so as not to disgust others by violating them, was certainly a useful part of ordinary child-rearing.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Voters expressed more than the usual amount of disgust with both parties.
—Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
The disorientation and disgust that so many people experienced in response to Trump’s thundering, violent proclamations is important.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
Now, to the restrooms, which seemed to truly disgust the inspector.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Being taught society’s standard eating rituals, so as not to disgust others by violating them, was certainly a useful part of ordinary child-rearing.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgust
Noun
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That disinterest and distaste was easy to see during the visit.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 1988’s Moonwalk, co-edited by his friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jackson acknowledged his distaste for revealing every detail about his life.—
Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the mid-19th century, Kasanje was able to repulse a Portuguese military expedition.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That data also shows that the number of people sickened by tick bites has been steadily rising every year.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Those pelican numbers were very high because of a toxic algae bloom off Southern California that sickened the birds with domoic acid poisoning.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Zepbound, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, advertises common side effects on its website that include hair loss, nausea and vomiting, fatigue and more.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Symptoms of kidney stones include severe pain on one side of the body, fever, chills, nausea and obstruction of the kidney.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Hiram Crombie is shocked and appalled that Jamie is taking the Trading Post from him and kicking him and the other men off Fraser’s Ridge?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The proposal appalled the science community and lawmakers.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Who knows the horrors of the seas like HERMAN MELVILLE?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The psychological horror film, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz, was distributed by Hulu in the United States and Netflix internationally.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Its founder, Samuel Hahnemann, was a physician horrified by the harm the conventional medicine of his time was causing.—
Phil Starks,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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In the mid-1970s, more than a decade into her research on chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park, the late and legendary primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed something that horrified her.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgust. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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