disgust

1 noun (U)

1 a very strong feeling of dislike that almost makes you sick, caused by something unpleasant: with disgust: Everybody except Joe looked at me with disgust.

2 a feeling of annoyance and disappointment because of someone's unacceptable behaviour, the bad quality of something etc: in disgust: Sam threw his books down in disgust and stormed out of the room. | much to sb's disgust: Much to my disgust I found that there were no toilets for the disabled.

2 verb (T)

1 to make someone feel very annoyed and disappointed about something unacceptable: Enid said she was disgusted by the sex in the film. | be disgusted to find/hear/see etc: Dear Sir: I was disgusted to see the picture on page one of Sunday's feature section.

2 to make someone feel almost sick because of something unpleasant: The thought of dissecting a frog disgusts me.

disgusting /dIs'gVstIN, dIz-/ adjective

1 extremely unpleasant and making you feel sick: “Here, hold this a minute.” “Yuck! It's disgusting!”

2 shocking and unacceptable: Sixty pounds for a thirty-minute consultation. I think that's disgusting! | Man, do you have a disgusting imagination.

—compare nauseating — disgustingly adverb: They're disgustingly rich.