adjective. causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.

verb. disgusted; disgusting; disgusts. Definition of disgust (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : to provoke to loathing, repugnance, or aversion : be offensive to The idea of eating raw meat disgusts him.

Disgust is both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it’s a reaction to something you think is gross or terrible, like showing your disgust at a movie by getting up and leaving. As a verb, disgust means “to offend,” like when your class’s bad behavior at the assembly disgusts all the teachers, or “to gross out or revolt.”

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In this page you can discover 91 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for disgusting, like: sickening, revolting, abhorrent, vile, odious, repellent, gross, despicable, foul, nauseating and detestable.

Gak is an expression of disgust or distaste.

revolting, nasty , sickening, repellent, nauseating, terrible , awful , odious, distasteful, fetid, foetid (UK), vomit-inducing, foul-smelling, filthy , dirty , gross (slang), yucky (slang), icky (slang), mucky (informal), noxious , squalid, sordid, unappetizing, unappetising (UK), unappealing, unsavory, unsavoury (UK) …

scandalous, ghastly, horrendous, abominable, dreadful, horrid, eerie, disgusting, abhorrent, terrifying, hideous, heinous, grisly, shameful, awful, gruesome, nasty, grim, scary, terrible.

horrible

• abominable.
• disgusting.
• dreadful.
• eerie.
• ghastly.
• horrendous.
• horrid.
• scandalous.

SYNONYMS FOR terrible 3 fearful, frightful, appalling, dire, horrible, horrifying, terrifying, horrendous, horrid.

horror. (countable, uncountable) An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance. (countable) An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

purify. (transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities. (transitive) To free from guilt or sin.

Horrifying things inspire horror, originally a Latin word meaning both “dread” and “religious awe,” from horrere, “to bristle with fear.”

: to cause (someone) to feel horror or shock : to greatly upset and shock (someone) See the full definition for horrify in the English Language Learners Dictionary. horrify. verb.

1. Frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, terrorize, appall all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. To frighten is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, especially that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise.

adjective. causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.

Terrifying sentence example

1. You’re clearly terrifying the girl.
2. The storm was beautiful and terrifying in its paralyzed fury.
3. She wished to love him as a son, but felt that to her he was a stranger and a terrifying man.
4. It was terrifying , but she felt invigorated, hopeful.

verb (used with object), ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing. to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.

Near can be a verb, a preposition, an adjective or an adverb.

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 often capitalized : any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing. 2a : a woman who sings with enchanting sweetness. b : temptress.

adverb

Sudden has been used as an adjective since the 15th century, and it was once a noun, too, meaning “that which is sudden.” Today the noun form is obsolete, except in the phrase “all of a sudden.”

noun. injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops. damages, Law.

noun. an act or instance of bursting. a sudden, intense display, as of activity, energy, or effort: The car passed us with a burst of speed.

The modifying words very and extremely are themselves adverbs. They are called DEGREE ADVERBS because they specify the degree to which an adjective or another adverb applies….Adverb.