\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.

\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}.