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Strong revulsion
Answer for the clue "Strong revulsion ", 7 letters:
disgust
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Middle French desgoust "strong dislike, repugnance," literally "distaste" (16c., Modern French dégoût ), from desgouster "have a distaste for," from des- "opposite of" (see dis- ) + gouster "taste," from Latin gustare "to taste" (see gusto ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES taste horrible/awful/disgusting/foul ▪ The tea tasted horrible. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB express ▪ As the long silence lengthened between them Laura desperately tried to find some adequate words to express ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. strong feelings of dislike v. fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: gross out , revolt , repel ] cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: revolt , nauseate , sicken , churn up ]
Usage examples of disgust.
The servant answered that the mistress wished to maintain equality between the boys, and I had to submit, much to my disgust.
Disgusted at the idea of having such a fellow for my bed companion, I refused to let him come, but he answered, with fearful blasphemies, that all the devils in hell could not prevent him from taking possession of his own bed.
Buck stole a glance at Chaim, who merely squinted at Antichrist in the distance, his face a mix of sadness and disgust.
For an instant, Asherah disgusted herself by throwing up her arms, as if they could protect her foolish skull from any chunks of rock that might shake loose from the ceiling.
She pulled off her torn blouse looking at it with disgust, it along with the rest of her garments were thrown into a tangled heap upon the Aubusson rug beside her bed.
Apparently the sulfur bacteria had overgrown the backflow sludge, and coupled with the fungal contamination from the downstream scrubbers created a disgusting mix of smells.
When she had first started studying the Middle Ages, she had been unable to understand how the contemps had tolerated the disgusting things in their barns, let alone their houses.
Utterly despondent and disgusted he tottered into the barroom and gulped down a drink of straight whiskey.
So once again, she was back at Beaux Reves, edgy, dissatisfied, and secretly disgusted with herself.
Eadyth snorted with disgust at his continual reference to the marriage bed, but then she gasped with delight when she opened the package and saw the priceless beekeeping book Eirik had mentioned earlier.
And he would have, because Boran would disgust the Court with his horrible face!
Into the Brocken upon May-day night, And then to isolate oneself in scorn, Disgusted with the humours of the time.
Gwilna dropped to her knees in front of Cera, who looked down at her with disgust.
Ard had turned in his chair to watch Coelin, and Jenna could see something akin to disgust, or maybe it was simply irritation, flicker across his face.
I turned away with disgust, and walked slowly towards the town and bay of Port Praya, reflecting as I went along what pleasant ideas the poor creatures must entertain of religion, when the name of God and of the cowskin were invariably associated in their minds.