disgust

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a strong feeling of dislike or revulsion

   With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

2. 2
   verb

   to cause someone to feel strong dislike or revulsion

   The spoiled food disgusted everyone at the table.

Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one’s appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster or goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). The noun comes from Middle French desgoust.

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