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# disgust

«disgust» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong feeling that something is very unpleasant, dirty…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (disgust; uncountable); verb (disgust, disgusts, disgusted, disgusting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Disgust is a strong feeling that something is very unpleasant, dirty or wrong, so you want to turn away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#m1)

2) To disgust someone is to make them feel this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on feelings, disgust is one of the basic emotions, shown by a wrinkled nose. It protects us from germs and bad food. In stories, disgust shows what a character thinks is horrid or unfair. Phrases: «in disgust», «to my disgust», «be disgusted by / with».

### examples

- She wrinkled her nose in disgust at the smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x1)
- The rotten egg filled him with disgust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x2)
- To my disgust, there was a slug in my shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x3)
- Cheating disgusts me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x4)
- He walked away in disgust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x5)
- We were disgusted by the litter on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x6)
- Disgust helps us stay away from food that has gone bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x7)
- The Cattle looked at the Dog in disgust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/#x8)

### note

Noun usually uncountable: «full of disgust». Adjectives: «disgusted» (how you feel) and «disgusting» (what makes you feel it). Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disgust» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgust/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.