disgusting

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, disgust +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌstɪŋ/, /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskʊstɪŋ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɡʊstɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧gust‧ing

Adjective

disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)

1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

   Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant

   • 1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence:

     The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]

   • 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, “Tis the season to be risque in TV spots”, in The Dayton Journal Herald:

     But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".

   • 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.

Derived terms

• disgrossting
• Disgusta
• disgustingly
• disgustingness
• undisgusting

 

Translations

repulsive, distasteful

• Arabic: مُقْرِف (ar) m (muqrif), مُقَزِّز m (muqazziz)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُقْرِف m (mugrif)

• Armenian: զզվելի (hy) (zzveli), գարշելի (hy) (garšeli), նողկալի (hy) (noġkali)
• Azerbaijani: iyrənc (az)
• Belarusian: агі́дны (ahídny), гі́дкі (hídki), агі́длівы (ahídlivy), гі́дасны (hídasny), адваро́тны (advarótny), праці́ўны (pracíŭny)
• Bulgarian: отврати́телен (bg) (otvratítelen), проти́вен (bg) (protíven)
• Catalan: fastigós (ca), repugnant, menyspreable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憎惡／憎恶 (zh) (zēngwù, zēng'è), 可惡／可恶 (zh) (kěwù), 討厭／讨厌 (zh) (tǎoyàn)

• Czech: nechutný m
• Dutch: walgelijk (nl), afschuwelijk (nl), degoutant (nl)
• Esperanto: naŭza
• Faroese: spýggjuligur
• Finnish: inhottava (fi), kuvottava (fi), etova (fi), yököttävä (fi), ällö (fi)
• French: dégoûtant (fr), dégueulasse (fr), immonde (fr)
• Galician: noxento m
• Georgian: ამაზრზენი (amazrzeni), საზიზღარი (sazizɣari), საძულველი (saʒulveli)
• German: ekelhaft (de), eklig (de), grauslich (de), abstoßend (de), ekelerregend (de)
• Greek: αηδιαστικός (el) (aïdiastikós)

  Ancient: βδελυρός (bdelurós), βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)

  Doric: βδελυχρός (bdelukhrós)

• Hebrew: מַגְעִיל (he) (mag'íl)
• Hungarian: gusztustalan (hu), undorító (hu)
• Icelandic: viðbjóðslegur (is), ógeðslegur (is)
• Indonesian: menjijikkan (id)
• Irish: déistineach, samhnasach
• 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)
• Khmer: គួរឱ្យខ្ពើមរអើម (kuor aoy khpaemoraem)
• Korean: 역겹다 (yeokgyeopda)
• Latin: foedus (la), taeter
• Macedonian: одвратен (odvraten), гаден (gaden), дегутантен (degutanten)
• Malay: jijik (ms), mencolok mata
• Maori: whakarikarika, maninohea
• Mongolian: жигшүүрт (mn) (žigšüürt)
• Nigerian Pidgin: yama-yama
• Norman: malaûc'theux
• Norwegian: motbydelig (no)
• Occitan: fastigós (oc), repugnant (oc)
• Plautdietsch: groff
• Polish: wstrętny (pl), obrzydliwy (pl), obmierzły (pl)
• Portuguese: nojento (pt), asqueroso (pt), repulsivo (pt), nauseante, seboso (pt) (informal)
• Romanian: dezgustător (ro), respingător (ro), scârbos (ro)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj), га́дкий (ru) (gádkij), проти́вный (ru) (protívnyj), паску́дный (ru) (paskúdnyj), ме́рзкий (ru) (mérzkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: gràineil, oillteil, sgrathail, sgreamhail
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ȍgāvan (sh), ȍdūran (sh), ȍdvrātan (sh)

• Slovak: nechutný, odporný
• Slovene: gnusen, ogaben (sl), oduren
• Spanish: asqueroso (es), repulsivo (es), nauseabundo (es), despreciable (es), repugnante (es), estomagante, asqueante (es), asquiente
• Swedish: äcklig (sv), motbjudande (sv), vämjelig (sv), vidrig (sv)
• Thai: น่ารังเกียจ (nâa-rang-gìiat)
• Turkish: iğrenç (tr), tiksindirici (tr)
• Ukrainian: оги́дний (uk) (ohýdnyj), гидки́й (hydkýj), відворо́тний (vidvorótnyj), обри́дливий (obrýdlyvyj), проти́вний (protývnyj)
• Vietnamese: tởm (vi), gớm (vi), ghê (vi)
• Yiddish: עקלדיק (ekldik), עקלהאַפֿט (eklhaft)

Verb

disgusting

1. present participle and gerund of disgust