disgust
Example Sentences
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"I'm filled with disgust at the current state, but optimism that it's going to get better," he told CNN's Jake Tapper earlier this month.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
We get a clear-eyed look at disgust, a nearly universal human response to the likes of maggots, cockroaches, ticks, leeches, slugs and lice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Obsessive, intrusive thoughts can paralyse sufferers with anxiety, fear, disgust or shame - and many will not realise the images they are experiencing in their head are due to OCD.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
It encourages the audience to think, but it doesn’t force their disgust for empty provocation.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
On the few occasions when he lost a speed game, he’d just push the pieces to the center of the board in disgust, his nostrils flaring as if he smelled a bad odor.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing disgust
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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