Disgusting - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 disgusting From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisgustingdis‧gust‧ing /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ, dɪz-/ ●●● S2 adjective    1 DISGUSTINGextremely unpleasant and making you feel sick SYN revolting  Rubbish was piled everywhere – it was disgusting.  Smoking is a really disgusting habit.► see thesaurus at bad, horrible, taste2 BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSshocking and unacceptable  Sixty pounds for a thirty-minute consultation. I think that’s disgusting!  That’s a disgusting thing to say. —disgustingly adverb  They’re disgustingly rich.Examples from the Corpusdisgusting• Fifteen dollars for a salad? That's disgusting.• The approved school was bloody disgusting.• The attitude toward immigrants and racial minorities in this country is disgusting.• And besides which, I find it disgusting.• I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit.• They don't find it counterintuitive, and faintly disgusting, as I do.• It must have been taken years before he put on all that disgusting fat.• I think chewing tobacco is a disgusting habit.• It's disgusting, men looking at pictures of 12-year-old naked girls.• It was kind of disgusting - she had something hanging out of her nose.• Lucy would find nothing more disgusting than a tumbler of sweet sherry with her dinner.• It's disgusting the way politicians use their position to their personal advantage. Quizzes Quizzes

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