disgust

«disgust» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong feeling that something is very unpleasant, dirty… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (disgust; uncountable); verb (disgust, disgusts, disgusted, disgusting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Disgust is a strong feeling that something is very unpleasant, dirty or wrong, so you want to turn away. tree →

2) To disgust someone is to make them feel this. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on feelings, disgust is one of the basic emotions, shown by a wrinkled nose. It protects us from germs and bad food. In stories, disgust shows what a character thinks is horrid or unfair. Phrases: «in disgust», «to my disgust», «be disgusted by / with».

examples

• She wrinkled her nose in disgust at the smell. tree →
• The rotten egg filled him with disgust. tree →
• To my disgust, there was a slug in my shoe. tree →
• Cheating disgusts me. tree →
• He walked away in disgust. tree →
• We were disgusted by the litter on the beach. tree →
• Disgust helps us stay away from food that has gone bad. tree →
• The Cattle looked at the Dog in disgust. tree →

note

Noun usually uncountable: «full of disgust». Adjectives: «disgusted» (how you feel) and «disgusting» (what makes you feel it). Not a number word.

In the corpora

• Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disgust» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.