disgusting

Etymology

adj

  1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
    The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […] 1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence
    But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.". December 10 1975, P.J. Bednarski, “Tis the season to be risque in TV spots”, in The Dayton Journal Herald
    One guy farted repeatedly and laughed out loud each time he let it out. To top off his disgusting behavior, he constantly picked his nose and thumped the waste in the air. 2006, C. Lee Thornton, Oath of Office

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of disgust

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