Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/, /dɪzˈɡʌstɪŋ/, /dɪzˈɡʊstɪŋ/
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Adjective
disgusting (comparative more disgusting, superlative most disgusting)
- which causes disgust, repulsive, distasteful.
- 2006, C. Lee Thornton, Oath of Office:
- One guy farted repeatedly and laughed out loud each time he let it out. To top off his disgusting behavior, he constantly picked his nose and thumped the waste in the air.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "disgusting" is often applied: thing, person, man, woman, animal, place, way, manner, habit, behavior, act, attitude, story, detail, monster, word, image, fact, face, scene, thought, food, job.
Translations
repulsive, distasteful
- Azeri: iyrənc (az)
- Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen), противен (bg) (protiven)
- Catalan: fastigós (ca), repugnant (ca), menyspreable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 憎惡 (cmn), 憎恶 (cmn) (zēngwù, zēng'è), 可惡 (cmn), 可恶 (cmn) (kěwù), 討厭 (cmn), 讨厌 (cmn) (tǎoyàn)
- Czech: nechutný (cs) m
- Dutch: walgelijk (nl), afschuwelijk (nl)
- Finnish: inhottava (fi), kuvottava (fi), etova (fi), yököttävä (fi), ällö (fi)
- French: dégoûtant (fr), dégueulasse (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: ekelhaft (de), ekelig (de), grauslich (de)
- Hebrew: מגעיל (mag'yl)
- Hungarian: gusztustalan (hu), undorító (hu)
- Icelandic: viðbjóðslegur; ógeðslegur
- Irish: déistineach (ga), samhnasach (ga)
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- Italian: disgustoso (it), nauseante (it), stomachevole (it), rivoltante (it)
- Japanese: 忌まわしい (ja) (いまわしい, imawashii), きもい (ja) (kimoi)
- Jèrriais: malaûc'theux
- Macedonian: одвратен (mk) (ódvraten) m, гаден (mk) (gáden) m
- Malay: jijik (ms)
- Maori: whakarikarika (mi)
- Nigerian Pidgin: yama-yama
- Portuguese: nojento (pt), asqueroso (pt), repulsivo (pt), nauseante (pt)
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: отвратительный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзительный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj), гадкий (ru) (gádkij), противный (ru) (protívnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: gràineil, oillteil, sgrathail
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍgāvan (sh), ȍdūran (sh), ȍdvrātan (sh)
- Spanish: asqueroso, repulsivo, nauseabundo, despreciable (es)
- Swedish: äcklig (sv), motbjudande (sv), vämjelig (sv)
- Turkish: iğrenç, mide bulandırıcı
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Verb
disgusting
- Present participle of disgust.