Definition of Disgustful

1. Adjective. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. "A wicked stench"


Definition of Disgustful

1. a. Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.

Definition of Disgustful

1. Adjective. (archaic) disgusting, vile. ¹

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Definition of Disgustful

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgustful

disguise
disguised
disguisedly
disguisedness
disguiser
disguisers
disguises
disguising
disguize
disgust
disgusted
disgustedly
disgustedness
disgustful (current term)
disgustfully
disgustfulness
disgusting
disgustingly
disgustingness
disgusts
dish-shaped
dish aerial
dish antenna
dish bitch
dish face
dish out
dish pig

Literary usage of Disgustful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Moral Uses of Dark Things by Horace Bushnell (1881)
"OF THINGS UNSIGHTLY AND disgustful. GOD'S thought is beauty; and as he creates in the form of his thought, his creation must, we infer, represent his beauty ..."

2. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"On the Folly of denying that Homer has Faults, since his Beauties are such as prevent his Faults from becoming disgustful. CRITICISM has been often employed ..."

3. The History of the Roman Emperors: From Augustus to Constantine by Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier, John Mills (1814)
"He himself fought with wild beasts, and- ran in the circus. His contempt of learning, and his ignorance. He seldom administered justice. disgustful ..."

4. A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To by George Fulton, G. Knight (1826)
"... -v. to serve in a dish [cealment disgustful, diz-gust'f ul, o. nauseous Dish, di*, ». a »e»el to serre up meat in, &c „ to serve in a ..."

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