# disgust

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪsˈɡʌst/ · frequency rank #12,755

## Definitions
1. To cause an intense dislike for something.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”).
The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb.

## Easily confused with
- **disuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disgust-vs-disuse)
- **disrupt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disgust-vs-disrupt)
- **distrust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disgust-vs-distrust)
- **disgusted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disgust-vs-disgusted)
- **digest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digest-vs-disgust)
- **discus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discus-vs-disgust)
- **discuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discuss-vs-disgust)
- **disguise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disguise-vs-disgust)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddisgust`, `digsust`, `disggust`, `disgsut`, `disgusst`, `disgustt`, `disguts`, `dissgust`, `disugst`, `dsigust`, `idsgust`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/disgust