DISGUST: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISGUST?

Need another word that means the same as “disgust”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “disgust” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disgust” are: revulsion, repugnance, aversion, distaste, abhorrence, loathing, detestation, odium, execration, horror, churn up, nauseate, revolt, sicken, gross out, repel, repulse, cause to feel nauseous, make shudder, turn someone's stomach, make someone's gorge rise, outrage, shock, horrify, appal, scandalize, offend, affront, dismay, displease, dissatisfy

Disgust as a Noun

Definitions of "Disgust" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disgust” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Strong feelings of dislike.
• A feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.

Synonyms of "Disgust" as a noun (10 Words)

abhorrence	Hate coupled with disgust. The thought of marrying him filled her with abhorrence.
aversion	A feeling of intense dislike. My dog s pet aversion is visitors particularly males.
detestation	Intense dislike. He is the detestation of the neighbourhood.
distaste	A feeling of intense dislike. Harry nurtured a distaste for all things athletic.
execration	An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group.
horror	A thing causing a feeling of horror. That little horror Zach was around.
loathing	Hate coupled with disgust. The thought filled him with loathing.
odium	General or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions. He incurred widespread odium for military failures and government corruption.
repugnance	Intense aversion. Our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses.
revulsion	Intense aversion. News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.

Usage Examples of "Disgust" as a noun

• Some of the audience walked out in disgust.
• The sight filled her with disgust.

Disgust as a Verb

Definitions of "Disgust" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disgust” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.
• Cause (someone) to feel revulsion or strong disapproval.
• Fill with distaste.

Synonyms of "Disgust" as a verb (21 Words)

affront	Offend the modesty or values of. She was affronted by his familiarity.
appal	Greatly dismay or horrify. Bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers.
cause to feel nauseous	Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
churn up	Be agitated.
dismay	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. They were dismayed by the U turn in policy.
displease	Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied. The tone of the letter displeased him.
dissatisfy	Fail to satisfy (someone. What is it about these words that dissatisfies you?
gross out	Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
horrify	Fill with horror; shock greatly. They were horrified by the very idea.
make shudder	Create by artistic means.
make someone's gorge rise	Calculate as being.
nauseate	Upset and make nauseated. They were nauseated by the jingoism.
offend	Be displeasing or cause problems to. 17 per cent of viewers said they had been offended by bad language.
outrage	Strike with disgust or revulsion. The public were outraged at the brutality involved.
repel	Be repellent to cause aversion in. Repel the attacker.
repulse	Be repellent to; cause aversion in. Rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police.
revolt	Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel. He was revolted by the stench that greeted him.
scandalize	Shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality. Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts.
shock	Subject to electrical shocks. Carriage after carriage shocked fiercely against the engine.
sicken	Make (someone) feel disgusted or appalled. Dawson sickened unexpectedly and died in 1916.
turn someone's stomach	Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of.

Usage Examples of "Disgust" as a verb

• This spoilt food disgusts me.
• They were disgusted by the violence.

Associations of "Disgust" (30 Words)

abhor	Regard with disgust and hatred. He abhorred sexism in every form.
abhorrent	Offensive to the mind. Racism was abhorrent to us all.
abomination	Hate coupled with disgust. His treatment of the children is an abomination.
acrimony	Bitterness or ill feeling. The AGM dissolved into acrimony.
animosity	A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility. He no longer felt any animosity towards her.
animus	The rational mind. The author s animus towards her.
antipathy	A deep-seated feeling of aversion. His fundamental antipathy to capitalism.
aversion	A feeling of intense dislike. My dog s pet aversion is visitors particularly males.
contemn	Treat or regard with contempt. It lay in Deronda s nature usually to contemn the feeble.
contempt	A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. Pam stared at the girl with total contempt.
despite	Contemptuous disregard. The theatre only earns my despite.
detestation	Hate coupled with disgust. Wordsworth s detestation of aristocracy.
detested	Treated with dislike or contempt.
discourtesy	An expression of lack of respect. The fact that MPs were not kept informed was an extraordinary discourtesy.
disgusting	Arousing revulsion or strong indignation. A disgusting smell.
dislike	Have or feel a dislike or distaste for. She disliked any kind of unnecessary rudeness.
enmity	The feeling of a hostile person. Decades of enmity between the two countries.
hate	An intensely disliked person or thing. Richard s pet hate is filling in his tax returns.
hatred	Intense dislike; hate. His murderous hatred of his brother.
loathing	A feeling of intense dislike or disgust; hatred. The thought filled him with loathing.
nauseate	Upset and make nauseated. They were nauseated by the jingoism.
repellent	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Treat brick with a silicone water repellent.
repugnance	The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time. Our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses.
repulse	The action of driving back an attack or of being driven back. His evasion of her scheme had been another repulse.
repulsion	The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand. Bond lengths are increased due to increasing repulsion between the atoms.
revulsion	Intense aversion. News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.
scorn	A feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something. At her lowest ebb she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
sicken	Feel disgust or horror. This kind of food sickens me.
ugliness	The quality of being wicked. A film bent on exposing the ugliness of prejudice.