Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disgusting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disgust \Dis*gust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disgusted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disgusting}.] [OF. desgouster, F. d['e]go[^u]ter;
pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. go[^u]ter, fr. L.
gustare, fr. gustus taste. See {Gust} to taste.]
To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one)
loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend
the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.
To disgust him with the world and its vanities.
--Prescott.
[AE]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been
disgusted at failing. --J. H.
Newman.
Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the
convention. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disgusting \Dis*gust"ing\, a.
That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. --
{Dis*gust"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disgusting
adj : 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" [syn: {disgustful},
{distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly}, {loathsome}, {repellent},
{repellant}, {repelling}, {revolting}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
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