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disgust

[dis-guhst, dih-skuhst] / dɪsˈgʌst, dɪˈskʌst /




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Then there’s shame and disgust, the inhibitions that nature uses to turn humans into social beings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Many of the works on display doubtless make for difficult viewing, but shock and disgust are not the point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

If you’re not disgusted by this devolution in protocol, I’m not sure what can possibly disgust you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Many online reacted with disgust to his video, which was reposted on a community page and picked up by local news outlets.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Mal made a face of fear and disgust.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

She later said: "He knew exactly what he was doing. He stripped all dignity from our loved ones, and for what? Money? He disgusts me."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“Violence is what I hate most, is what baffles me and disgusts me most,” Amis told The Associated Press in 2012.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2023

“It really disgusts me,” said Romain Le Riguer, a 20-year-old literature student, who had spontaneously come to the plaza.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

But she said their lack of apparent remorse “shows a callousness and maliciousness that disgusts me.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023

This chore disgusts me, but I do it without complaining, afraid that if I don’t, the new family will send me away.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned about a growing parasitic outbreak that causes explosive diarrhea, which has delighted and disgusted the internet, because of course it has.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

She argues that Richmond, alienated from the king and disgusted by parliamentary passivity, kindled a printed firestorm in the public sphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"It might not even take place next week. Just nothing but frustration and I'm honestly disgusted with how it's been handled."

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

One woman, who declined to give her name, looked almost disgusted as she passed the Wilshire/Cienega station, calling L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Middle-class progressives, disgusted by the corrupt politics of both Thompson and Sweitzer, threw their weight behind an independent reformer.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

“It was disgusting, and I looked around and I was like, ‘Wow.’

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The post was condemned by the Master Chief voice actor Steve Downes in a now-deleted tweet which called for "the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn" to remove his voice from the video.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

LSU coach Kim Mulkey’s attitude about this is disgusting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Self-defense, the historian wrote, naturally required “the perpetual repetition” of what he called “the vainest and most disgusting of the pronouns”: the first-person singular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

She says that, but then she must see something wrong, because she does that disgusting mom move where she licks her thumb and wipes at something beside my mouth.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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