Disgust \Dis*gust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.]

[OF. desgouster, F. d['e]go[^u]ter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. go[^u]ter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]

To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.

To disgust him with the world and its vanities. --Prescott.

[AE]rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. --J. H. Newman.

Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Disgust \Dis*gust"\, n. [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. d['e]go[^u]t. See Disgust, v. t.]

Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust.

The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. --Locke.

In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. --Macaulay.

Syn: Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)