be disgusted at (someone or something)

To be appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I am totally disgusted at you for stealing money out of my purse. Why would you do something so sneaky? We are utterly disgusted at the actions of this company. They lied to our faces while continuing to dump toxic chemicals into our water supply. I'm very disgusted at my opponent—I've been trying to maintain a fair and respectable campaign, but he has no problem blatantly lying about me!

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be disgusted with (someone or something)

To be appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I am totally disgusted with you for stealing money out of my purse. Why would you do something so sneaky? We are utterly disgusted with the actions of this company. They lied to our faces while continuing to dump toxic chemicals into our water supply. I'm very disgusted with my opponent—I've been trying to maintain a fair and respectable campaign, but he has no problem blatantly lying about me!

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become disgusted at (someone or something)

To become appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I found myself becoming disgusted at all the people who were putting their own desires ahead of the needs of others. If you didn't become disgusted at the way they were treating that poor man, then you must simply not have a heart! Enjoy your reputation while it lasts. I suspect most people in town will become disgusted at your company when they hear about the toxic chemicals being dumped into the water supply.

become disgusted with (someone or something)

To become appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I found myself becoming disgusted with all the people who were putting their own desires ahead of the needs of others. If you didn't become disgusted with the way they were treating that poor man, then you must simply not have a heart! Enjoy your reputation while it lasts. I suspect most people in town will become disgusted with your company when they hear about the toxic chemicals being dumped into the water supply.

disgusted at (someone or something)

Appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I am totally disgusted at you for stealing money out of my purse. Why would you do something so sneaky? We feel utterly disgusted at the actions of this company. They lied to our faces while continuing to dump toxic chemicals into our water supply. I am disgusted by my son's actions today. Please know that we do not condone physical altercations in our house!

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Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells

A name commonly applied to someone who writes in to a newspaper to express anger, usually related to their passionate conservative views on politics. Tunbridge Wells is an English town that was viewed as old-fashioned in the early 20th century. Primarily heard in UK. A: "The editors says we've got another letter from Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells. B: "OK, what are they going on about this time?" Just file that letter to the editor in the "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" folder over there. We hear from many a Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells—how can we respond to all of them?

disgusted with (someone or something)

Appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I am totally disgusted with you for stealing money out of my purse. Why would you do something so sneaky? We feel utterly disgusted with the actions of this company. They lied to our faces while continuing to dump toxic chemicals into our water supply. I am disgusted with my son, believe me. We do not condone physical violence in our house!

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get disgusted at (someone or something)

To become appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I found myself getting disgusted at all the people who were putting their own desires ahead of the needs of others. If you didn't get disgusted at the way they were treating that poor man, then you must simply not have a heart! Of course we're all disgusted at the actions of this company. They lied to our faces while continuing to dump toxic chemicals into our water supply!

get disgusted with (someone or something)

To become appalled by or intensely disappointed with someone or something. I found myself getting disgusted with all the people who were putting their own desires ahead of the needs of others. If you didn't get disgusted with the way they were treating that poor man, then you must simply not have a heart! Plenty of people got disgusted with that company when they learned it had been dumping toxic chemicals into the water supply.

*disgusted at

someone or something; severely disappointed at someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; grow ~.) We were disgusted at her incessant lying. Sam was disgusted at her.

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*disgusted with

(someone or something); severely disappointed over someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; grow ~.) I am totally disgusted with Ellen. We are all disgusted with the fall in the company's profits.

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References in periodicals archive

If rendering trauma as beautiful or sublime works against real witnessing, being merely disgusted is not itself an ethical response to trauma either.

Dismembering Remembering: Mourning with Disgust in Delbo's Auschwitz and After

Ngai argues that tolerance is the "very antithesis of disgust" and claims "disgusted tolerance" (336) to be an impossibility.

Regulating abjection: disgust, tolerance, and the politics of The Cove

As a normal person with a heart, I will never be disgusted. Instead, my heart goes to them.

A lack of compassion that beggars belief!

I can only fully agree with the opinions of the two sad but merciful people who replied ( February 8) to the first "so sad and disgusted"...

Case of abandoned baby goes on and on

You have told her that you are "repulsed, disgusted, and disappointed", and are now surprised that, having told her that her opinions repulse, disgust and disappoint you, she is no longer speaking to you!

new you: My daughter has an open marriage

"He's a doctor--why is he so disgusted by naked bodies?

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She was so disgusted by its writhing, creepy-crawly form that she could not face lettuce for a long time.

Theme for today

But I am also instructed by the fact that my cultural counterparts are disgusted by what disgusts me, more or less.

Beauty and the Beastly

We wish we could have seen your reaction, because a British research team has assured us that we would know if you were disgusted. In fact, those researchers have pinpointed the brain's disgustometer, which they say resides in the insula and putamen.

Disgust on the Brain

Archibald rapped: "I'm disappointed with Gareth and disgusted with Alloa over the whole affair.

FOOTBALL: ALLOA BLAST FROM STEVE

It is as a disgusted self that I inscribe my quality and lineaments into the stuff of the world, and as a hating self that I set the seal of my personality on a universe reluctant but vulnerable like myself.

The standard modes of aversion: fear, disgust and hatred

It impels us to steer clear of deviance, both to avoid the acute discomfort of being disgusted with ourselves, and to avoid the unpleasant consequences of being the object of the disgust of others.

The Anatomy of Disgust

Disgusted by freethought groups whose members congregated only to "growl" about religion, she initiated a society in which action was required, attracting so many members that her Materialist Association became one of the largest freethought groups in the United States.

Atheism and activism: the life and work of Eliza Mowry Bliven

Short-term profits soared, but at the expense of a work force that became increasingly disgusted with its treatment.

Chaos or Community: Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics

An exacting rejectionist who keeps a file of Renaissance and Baroque reproductions on hand to fuel the disgust that he finds central to any creative effort, Pure is especially disgusted by the relationship between food and art: "Too interdependent.

The Spirit of Abstract Expressionism: Selected Writings