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Spell Bee Word: Disgust


What does disgust mean?

Word: Disgust

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Disgust means a strong, sick feeling you get from something very unpleasant, such as a bad smell or taste.

Synonyms: revulsion

Antonyms: delight, liking

How do you spell disgust?

Syllables: dis - gust

Tricky part: The second part is gust, as in a gust of wind. Writing a k (diskust) or an a for the u (disgast) are the common errors.

Watch out for: diskust, disgast, dizgust

Memory tip: A gust of wind carrying the smell of rotten eggs fills you with disgust.

Disgust in a sentence

Example 1: He wrinkled his nose in disgust at the stale milk.

Example 2: The children felt disgust when they saw rubbish dumped in the lake.

Example 3: To my disgust, a fly landed on my plate.

Fun Fact

Gust in disgust comes from the Latin word for taste, gustus. So disgust first meant a bad taste in the mouth.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

disgust

a) surprise
b) dislike
c) pleasure
d) comfort

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b) dislike. Disgust is a very strong kind of dislike.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dissgust

a) u
b) s
c) t
d) g

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b) s. One s only: take out the second one.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gsusdit

a) idsgust
b) disgust
c) dsigust
d) sidgust

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b) disgust. Find gust, as in a gust of wind, and the other three letters go in front.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) horrable
b) disgust
c) rotton
d) garbige

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b) disgust. Disgust is the one spelt right. Horrible ends in -ible, rotten in -en and garbage in -age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mohan pushed his plate away in disgust. The food was probably ____.

a) not ready yet
b) too hot to touch
c) far too small
d) covered in flies

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d) covered in flies

2. Which word describes something that fills you with disgust?

a) surprising
b) annoying
c) frightening
d) sickening

Show answer

d) sickening

Associated Words

escapeglaciercountrysiderulerideal
anecdotesunflowerdividetrashclerk

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