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Meaning of disgusting in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /dɪsˈɡəstɪŋ/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    disgusting

    Definitions

    1. highly offensive

    Examples

    • « 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 »

    Synonyms

    • offensive

Famous quotes

  • « I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough. »
    John Cusack
  • « I'm a hopeless romantic. It's disgusting. It really is. I've seen 'While You Were Sleeping', like, twenty times, and I still believe in the whole Prince Charming thing. »
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
  • « Maybe that's the whole teen oeuvre, you know covering people in disgusting bodily fluids and whatnot. »
    Rider Strong
  • « Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. »
    Tom DeLonge
  • « This little kid pointed at me and said, 'You look disgusting!' That was the first time I thought maybe I did. I decided I'd better start eating. I'm just thankful that I made it through with relatively few scars. »
    Susan Dey

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