DISGUSTED

disgusted, fed up, sick, sick of, tired of

(adjective) having a strong distaste from surfeit; “grew more and more disgusted”; “fed up with their complaints”; “sick of it all”; “sick to death of flattery”; “gossip that makes one sick”; “tired of the noise and smoke”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

disgusted (comparative more disgusted, superlative most disgusted)

filled with disgust

irritated and out of patience

Verb

disgusted

simple past tense and past participle of disgust

Source: Wiktionary


DISGUST

Dis*gust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.] Etym: [OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]

Definition: To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

Dis*gust", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t.]

Definition: Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.

Syn.

– Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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