Meanings
comparative disgustinger · comparative more disgusting · superlative disgustingest · superlative most disgusting
- Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
a disgusting waste of money
3 more examples
The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]
1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical JurisprudenceBut it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".
1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, “Tis the season to be risque in TV spots”, in The Dayton Journal HeraldOne guy farted repeatedly and laughed out loud each time he let it out. To top off his disgusting behavior, he constantly picked his nose and thumped the waste in the air.
2006, C. Lee Thornton, Oath of OfficeSynonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive, stomach-turning, abhorrant, abhorrent
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of disgust
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCausing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehighly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, disgust + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βδελυρός, βδελυκτός
- βδελυρός (bdelurós)repulsive, distasteful
- βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)repulsive, distasteful
Arabic مُقْرِف, مُقَزِّز
- مُقْرِف (muqrif)repulsive, distasteful
- مُقَزِّز (muqazziz)repulsive, distasteful
Bulgarian отврати́телен, проти́вен
- отврати́телен (otvratítelen)repulsive, distasteful
- проти́вен (protíven)repulsive, distasteful
Catalan fastigós, repugnant
- fastigósrepulsive, distasteful
- repugnantrepulsive, distasteful
- menyspreablerepulsive, distasteful
Chinese Mandarin 憎惡 /憎恶, 可惡 /可恶
- 憎惡 /憎恶 (zēngwù, zēng'è)repulsive, distasteful
- 可惡 /可恶 (kěwù)repulsive, distasteful
- 討厭 /讨厌 (tǎoyàn)repulsive, distasteful
Czech nechutný
- nechutnýrepulsive, distasteful
Danish væmmelig, klam
- væmmeligrepulsive, distasteful
- klamrepulsive, distasteful
- ulækkerrepulsive, distasteful
Dutch walgelijk, afschuwelijk
- walgelijkrepulsive, distasteful
- afschuwelijkrepulsive, distasteful
- degoutantrepulsive, distasteful
Esperanto naŭza, abomeninda
- naŭzarepulsive, distasteful
- abomenindarepulsive, distasteful
Finnish inhottava, kuvottava
- inhottavarepulsive, distasteful
- kuvottavarepulsive, distasteful
- etovarepulsive, distasteful
- yököttävärepulsive, distasteful
- ällörepulsive, distasteful
French dégoûtant, dégueulasse
- dégoûtantrepulsive, distasteful
- dégueulasserepulsive, distasteful
- immonderepulsive, distasteful
German ekelhaft, eklig
- ekelhaftrepulsive, distasteful
- ekligrepulsive, distasteful
- grauslichrepulsive, distasteful
- abstoßendrepulsive, distasteful
- ekelerregendrepulsive, distasteful
Greek αηδιαστικός, βδελυχρός
- αηδιαστικός (aïdiastikós)repulsive, distasteful
- βδελυχρός (bdelukhrós)repulsive, distasteful
Hebrew מַגְעִיל
- מַגְעִיל (mag'íl)repulsive, distasteful
Hindi घिनौना
- घिनौना (ghinaunā)repulsive, distasteful
Hungarian gusztustalan, undorító
- gusztustalanrepulsive, distasteful
- undorítórepulsive, distasteful
Icelandic viðbjóðslegur, ógeðslegur
- viðbjóðslegurrepulsive, distasteful
- ógeðslegurrepulsive, distasteful
Indonesian menjijikkan
- menjijikkanrepulsive, distasteful
Irish déistineach, samhnasach
- déistineachrepulsive, distasteful
- samhnasachrepulsive, distasteful
Italian disgustoso, nauseante
- disgustosorepulsive, distasteful
- nauseanterepulsive, distasteful
- stomachevolerepulsive, distasteful
- rivoltanterepulsive, distasteful
Japanese 忌まわしい, きもい
- 忌まわしい (imawashii)repulsive, distasteful
- きもい (kimoi)repulsive, distasteful
Korean 역겹다
- 역겹다 (yeokgyeopda)repulsive, distasteful
Latin foedus, taeter
- foedusrepulsive, distasteful
- taeterrepulsive, distasteful
Lithuanian koktus
- koktusrepulsive, distasteful
Malay jijik, mencolok mata
- jijikrepulsive, distasteful
- mencolok matarepulsive, distasteful
Māori whakarikarika, maninohea
- whakarikarikarepulsive, distasteful
- maninohearepulsive, distasteful
Norwegian motbydelig
- motbydeligrepulsive, distasteful
Polish wstrętny, obrzydliwy
- wstrętnyrepulsive, distasteful
- obrzydliwyrepulsive, distasteful
- obmierzłyrepulsive, distasteful
- ohydnyrepulsive, distasteful
Portuguese nojento, asqueroso
- nojentorepulsive, distasteful
- asquerosorepulsive, distasteful
- repulsivorepulsive, distasteful
- nauseanterepulsive, distasteful
- sebosorepulsive, distasteful
Romanian dezgustător, respingător
- dezgustătorrepulsive, distasteful
- respingătorrepulsive, distasteful
- scârbosrepulsive, distasteful
Russian отврати́тельный, омерзи́тельный
- отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj)repulsive, distasteful
- омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj)repulsive, distasteful
- га́дкий (gádkij)repulsive, distasteful
- проти́вный (protívnyj)repulsive, distasteful
- паску́дный (paskúdnyj)repulsive, distasteful
- ме́рзкий (mérzkij)repulsive, distasteful
Scottish Gaelic gràineil, oillteil
- gràineilrepulsive, distasteful
- oillteilrepulsive, distasteful
- sgrathailrepulsive, distasteful
- sgreamhailrepulsive, distasteful
Slovak nechutný, odporný
- nechutnýrepulsive, distasteful
- odpornýrepulsive, distasteful
Spanish asqueroso, repulsivo
- asquerosorepulsive, distasteful
- repulsivorepulsive, distasteful
- nauseabundorepulsive, distasteful
- despreciablerepulsive, distasteful
- repugnanterepulsive, distasteful
- estomaganterepulsive, distasteful
- asqueanterepulsive, distasteful
- asquienterepulsive, distasteful
Swedish äcklig, motbjudande
- äckligrepulsive, distasteful
- motbjudanderepulsive, distasteful
- vämjeligrepulsive, distasteful
- vidrigrepulsive, distasteful
Thai น่ารังเกียจ
- น่ารังเกียจ (nâa-rang-gìiat)repulsive, distasteful
Turkish iğrenç, tiksindirici
- iğrençrepulsive, distasteful
- tiksindiricirepulsive, distasteful
Ukrainian оги́дний, гидки́й
- оги́дний (ohýdnyj)repulsive, distasteful
- гидки́й (hydkýj)repulsive, distasteful
- відворо́тний (vidvorótnyj)repulsive, distasteful
- обри́дливий (obrýdlyvyj)repulsive, distasteful
- проти́вний (protývnyj)repulsive, distasteful
Vietnamese tởm, gớm
- tởmrepulsive, distasteful
- gớmrepulsive, distasteful
- ghêrepulsive, distasteful
Yiddish עקלדיק, עקלהאַפֿט
- עקלדיק (ekldik)repulsive, distasteful
- עקלהאַפֿט (eklhaft)repulsive, distasteful
- פּאַסקודנע (paskudne)repulsive, distasteful
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disgusting
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