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noun
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cause an intense dislike for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
strong feelings of dislike
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dislike
Narrower terms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror, nausea
verb
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repel, repulse
Narrower terms: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
verb
fill with distaste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gross out, revolt, repel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stimulate, excite, stir
Narrower terms: sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach
History
Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb.
Across languages
159 source translations are retained for this English entry.
