disgust
dis·gust (dĭs-gŭstʹ)tr.v. dis·gust·ed, dis·gust·ing, dis·gusts 1. To excite nausea or loathing in; sicken. 2. To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.n. Profound aversion or repugnance excited by something offensive. [Late Old French desgouster, to lose one's appetite : des-, dis- + gouster, to eat, taste (from Latin gustāre. See geus- in Indo-European Roots).] Synonyms: disgust, nauseate, repel, revolt, sicken These verbs mean to offend the senses or feelings of: a stench that disgusted us; hypocrisy that nauseated me; repelled by your arrogance; brutality that revolts my sensibilities; a fetid odor that sickened the workers.
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