The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISGUSTFUL
disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
(adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; “a disgusting smell”; “distasteful language”; “a loathsome disease”; “the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”; “revolting food”; “a wicked stench”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
disgustful (comparative more disgustful, superlative most disgustful)
(archaic) disgusting, vile.
Full of disgust.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*gust"ful, a.
Definition: Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting. That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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