disgusting

/dis'gʌstiɳ/

Thân thiện

A rotten egg gives off a disgusting smell.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Highly offensive; arousing strong feelings of aversion or revulsion: Describes something that causes intense dislike, nausea, or moral outrage.
   • Extremely unpleasant or unacceptable: Used to characterize things that are physically, morally, or aesthetically repulsive.

Usage and Examples

• Describing a physical sensation or object:

  • The overflowing garbage bin had a disgusting smell.
  • He found the texture of the slimy food disgusting.

• Expressing moral or social outrage:

  • The politician's corrupt behavior was absolutely disgusting.
  • I find your racist comments disgusting and unacceptable.

Advanced Usage and Nuance

• Intensifiers: Often used with adverbs like "absolutely," "utterly," or "truly" to emphasize the strength of the feeling.
  • The conditions in the prison were utterly disgusting.
• Subjective Judgment: The term is highly subjective; what one person finds disgusting, another might not.
  • Some people find durian disgusting, while others love it.

Variants and Related Words

• Disgust (noun/verb): The feeling or the act of causing such a feeling.
  • Noun: She looked at the mess with disgust.
  • Verb: The cruelty disgusted the onlookers.
• Disgusted (adjective): Describing the person who feels the revulsion.
  • He was disgusted by the unfair treatment.
• Disgustingly (adverb): In a disgusting manner.
  • The kitchen was disgustingly dirty.

Synonyms

• Revolting: Causing intense disgust.
• Repellent: Driving away by causing strong distaste.
• Loathsome: Deserving of hatred or disgust.
• Nauseating: Causing a feeling of sickness or disgust.
• Repulsive: Arousing intense distaste or aversion.

Antonyms

• Appealing: Attractive or interesting.
• Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Delightful: Causing delight; charming.

Idioms and Common Phrases

• "It's disgusting!": A common exclamation of strong disapproval or revulsion.
  • Look at all this litter on the beach. It's disgusting!
• "A disgusting display of...": Used to criticize an overt and offensive show of a negative quality.
  • The match was marred by a disgusting display of violence from the fans.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
   • a disgusting smell
   • distasteful language
   • a loathsome disease
   • the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
   • revolting food
   • a wicked stench