- present participle of disgust.
disgusting
Example Sentences
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The penalty issued in July related to McInnes' spell as Hearts boss last season, when he described the decision to award Celtic a late penalty at Motherwell in May as "disgusting".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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
“Just disgusting behavior by an anonymous account,” Chuck Todd, a former Meet the Press moderator, wrote of the post that mentioned Holmes’ children.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Actions by those who carried out this horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass this family are disgusting," Huckabee wrote on X on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“My feet are killing me. I hate these boots. They smell disgusting, and they’re too small. I’ll have blisters the size of oranges once this is over.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing disgusting
Ugh! Synonyms for "Gross"
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