disgust

verb
/dɪsˈɡʌst/US/dɪsˈɡʊst/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb.

  1. borrowed from desgoust
  2. derived from gustus
  3. derived from desgouster
  4. borrowed from desgouster

Definitions

  1. To cause an intense dislike for something.

    • It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open.
  2. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disgust. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01disgust02loathing03detestation04hate05abusive06scurrilous07foul-mouthed08foul09detestable

A definitional loop anchored at disgust. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at disgust

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA