disgusting

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/
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/dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ · /dɪsˈkʌstɪŋ/ · /dɪzˈɡʌstɪŋ/ · /dɪsˈɡʊstɪŋ/ · /dɪsˈkʊstɪŋ/ · /dɪzˈɡʊstɪŋ/

Definition of disgusting

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
    “a disgusting waste of money”
    “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, […]”
    “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.".”
    “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.”
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adj

  1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
    “a disgusting waste of money”
    “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, […]”
    “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.".”
    “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.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of disgust

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Etymology

By surface analysis, disgust + -ing.

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