Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled with disgust or irritated impatience.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a strong distaste from surfeit.
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- adjective filled with
disgust - adjective
irritated and out ofpatience - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disgust .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a strong distaste from surfeit
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Examples
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“We could never have killed him, Reed,” Noelle said, her expression disgusted.
CONFESSIONS KATE BRIAN 2007
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“We could never have killed him, Reed,” Noelle said, her expression disgusted.
CONFESSIONS KATE BRIAN 2007
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I was, however, most disturbed by a town in Maine … Hobbs … The people there, and the things which will not leave my mind … But your phraseology … To be disgusted is to not understand, and it is my role to understand those things which cannot be understood.
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And after that I had learned the bitter lesson that even deathless grief may die; and I had laughed again and done my share of philandering with the pretty, ferocious moths that fluttered around the light of my fortune and artistry; and after that, in turn, I had retired disgusted from the lists of woman, and gone on long lance-breaking adventures in the realm of mind.
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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He was a clean kid, and all the riotin 'disgusted him.
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I remain disgusted that society is still arranged in such a fashion that her "virginity" can still be proscribed and defined as a commodity and valued as such, to the point that she's able to profit off that choice.
Virgin: Objectifying women's bodies for 25 years! - Feministing 2009
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I was, however, most disturbed by a town in Maine … Hobbs … The people there, and the things which will not leave my mind … But your phraseology … To be disgusted is to not understand, and it is my role to understand those things which cannot be understood.
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I was plain disgusted with trying to barely break even.
How to make a lot of money online via adsense. « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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And after that I had learned the bitter lesson that even deathless grief may die; and I had laughed again and done my share of philandering with the pretty, ferocious moths that fluttered around the light of my fortune and artistry; and after that, in turn, I had retired disgusted from the lists of woman, and gone on long lance-breaking adventures in the realm of mind.
Chapter 8 1914
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The duke, with his usual folly, touched on other subjects equally dangerous, his visit to Rome, and his conversion to Romanism; and, in short, disgusted the cautious
The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Philip Wharton 1847
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