Definition of disgust
- v. t. - To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any
one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the
moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.
- v. t. - Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or
displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste;
-- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which
offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous
repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste
or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite
disgust.