disgusted              572 |

and almost ill/sick because it is so unpleasant ng;

: The level of violence in the film really

disgusted me.

dis gusted 0-w /dis'gAstid/ adj.

~ (at/by/with sb/sth/yourself) feeling or showing disgust RIW; ; fz IHJ: I was disgusted at/by the

sight.        'fr 0 0 He was disgusted to see such

awful living conditions.      iit ft $1 (Kl Mi ^ fte f#

fit H lit o 0 I was disgusted with myself for eating so much.        disgustedly

adv.; ‘This champagne is warm!’, he said disgustedly.

dis gust ing CHi /dis'gAstir)/ adj.

1 extremely unpleasant     4" A i& (ft HTTI

revolting: The kitchen was in a disgusting state when she left. M l%ff HtfUf M—ft 3111 » <> What a disgusting smell! 11M M SI ! 2 unacceptable and shocking

A ^ 1t HTH DESPICABLE, OUTRA­GEOUS : I think it’s disgusting that they’re closing the local hospital. Aii Aii:

A Aft 7 0 ■ b His language is disgusting (= he uses a lot of offensive words). ftfc^gilb7i®A^o disgustingly /dis'gAstirjli/ adv. 1 (sometimes humor­ous) extremely (in a way that other people feel jealous Of) Wl-%, M, ## ( ti&fcXfefr ) : He looked disgustingly healthy when he got back from the Bahamas.

2 in a

disgusting way ^ A# A Aj73£±ffe; iAiA±tk ; disgustingly dirty ffiffAA'M dish Chw/diX/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C] a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from H; A: a glass dish |o an ovenproof dish HI o a baking/serving dish j%jk; ± Ikffi&Jlkfr- 0 They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta. ftklliA—2 the dishes [pi.] the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed ( f#}#    ) HJI: I’ll

do the dishes (= wash them). A f$fc $6 o 3 [C] food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal — iSj£;

a vegetarian/fish dish  — #il o This

makes an excellent hot main dish. jilfcJi:—if #?[$$&

SYNONYMS

disgusting

revolting foul repulsive offensive gross * nauseating

These words all describe sth, especially a smell, taste or habit, that is extremely unpleasant and often makes you feel slightly ill. W±#iSI

disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill        teAK&M,

&Affc Bg W: What a disgusting smell!      S!!

revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill        AfAK16§,

A#«gM: The stew looked revolting, iiif A^A^ngo

DISGUSTING OR REVOLTING? ffl disgusting revolting ?

Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English.      ifcii, AMIS

AJ», tEtXXm m disgusting in,

foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad

,       She could smell his foul breath.

repulsive {rather format) extremely unpleasant in a

±Io 0 I can recommend the chefs dish of the day.

see also side dish 4 [C]

any object that is shaped like a dish or bowl      ;

WVtWl: a soap dish       — see also satellite dish

5 [C] (informal) a sexually attractive person 'IAii® A; ^fAffiSAWA: What a dish!

verb iTSIBi ,dish the 'dirt (on sb) {informal) to tell people unkind or unpleasant things about sb, especially about their private life i# ( AA ) WWit; M ( ® A ) WI ,dish it 'out (disapproving) to criticize other people If;  ftfcvp: He enjoys dishing it out, but he really

can’t take it (= cannot accept criticism from other people). ffe##Jgftgi|A, W g

7 o liKhlVi ,dish sth^'out 1 {informal) to give sth, often to a lot of people or in large amounts AitSHA; jfX: Students dished out leaflets to passers-by. ^AlS M^AS^A##-o 0 She’s always dishing out advice, even when you don’t want it.  iff,

ItItiAIlPo 2 to serve food onto plates for a meal Jfi (        ) APJ&S ( IMA# ) : Can you dish out the

potatoes, please? ifotpAM'fr—T±J&£F®!f? ,dish 'up | ,dish sth^'up to serve food onto plates for a meal jfi ( ( U/flihHS ) ,dish 'up sth to offer sth

to sb, especially sth that is not very good H f* ?

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dishabille /.disa'biil; -'bi:/ adj. = deshabille dis-har-mony /dis'haimoni; NAmE -'hairm-/ noun [u] (formal) a lack of agreement about important things, which causes bad feelings between people or groups of people   A iit;      marital/racial/

social disharmony 1ADS

rrm harmony

dish-cloth /'diJklnG; NAmE -kla:0/ {NAmE usually dish- rag) noun a cloth for washing dishes XHXX; ‘XMM dishearten /dis'haitn; NAmE -'hairtn/ verb [VN] to make sb lose hope or confidence fj£ ®. ^; (A A Afs >l> ; ^ M     discourage : Don’t let this defeat

dishearten you.     dis-heart-

ened adj.: a disheartened team A A fit (ft 0 IA dis- heart-en-ing /-’haitmr); NAmE -'hairt-/ adj.: a disheart­ening experience

dish -ev-elled /di'Jevld/ {especially BrE) {NAmE usually dish-ev-eled) adj. (of hair, clothes or sb’s general appearance A %, XM^XX) very untidy      A

way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill

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Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons. * repulsive        ff X

offensive {formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant Xla     f£AK

MM

gross {informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant            Ait^AA^MAAfg

W*, 4AIi\ ^AK^ nauseating making you feel that you want to vomit the nauseating smell of

burning flesh ^A# BEW PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

                  disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive to sb

                  to find sb/sth disgusting/revolting/repulsive/ offensive/nauseating

                  to smell/taste disgusting/revolting/foul/repulsive/gross

                  a(n) disgusting/revolting/foul/repulsive/offensive/gross/ nauseating smell/taste/habit

                  disgusting/ revolti ng/fou l/repu Isive/offensive/gross behaviour

                  a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person

absolutely/pretty disgusting/revolting/foul/repulsive/ gross/nauseating