disgust

/dɪsˈɡʌst/
verb 1noun 1

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

great | utter

obvious

The children's obvious disgust at the vegetable soup made their mother laugh.

public

VERB + DISGUST

feel | express, show

hide

She couldn't hide her disgust when she saw the dirty kitchen.

fill sb with

The smell of rotting fish filled her with disgust.

turn/walk away in

After seeing the dirty kitchen, she walked away in disgust and refused to eat there again.

shake your head in, wrinkle (up) your nose in

PREP

in ~

She walked out of the meeting in disgust when she heard what they had decided.

with ~

She turned away from the spoiled food with disgust and threw it in the trash.

~ at

She felt a wave of disgust at the sight of litter scattered across the beautiful beach.

~ over

Many parents expressed disgust over the violence shown in the children's movie.

~ with

Many customers expressed their disgust with the restaurant after finding hair in their food.

PHRASES

an exclamation/a snort of disgust

When she saw the moldy food in the refrigerator, an exclamation of disgust escaped her lips.

an expression/a gesture/a grimace/a look of disgust, a feeling/sense of disgust, much to your disgust

Much to her disgust, the restaurant served cold soup for the third time that week.

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