What does disgusting mean?
Word: Disgusting
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Disgusting means very unpleasant to see, smell, taste or touch.
Synonyms: horrible, nasty, revolting
Antonyms: lovely, delicious
How do you spell disgusting?
Syllables: dis - gust - ing
Tricky part: Some children hear a c or a k in the middle, but the letter after the s is a hard g.
Watch out for: discusting, dizgusting, disgustin
Memory tip: Listen after the s: a hard g, like the g in goat. A goat chewing old rubbish is a disgusting sight.
Disgusting in a sentence
Example 1: The drain smelt disgusting after the heavy rain.
Example 2: Spitting on the road is a disgusting habit.
Example 3: My brother says bitter gourd tastes disgusting, but I like it.
Fun Fact
Scientists who study faces have found that the look people pull at something disgusting, a wrinkled nose and a raised top lip, is understood all over the world.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:
disgust
a) ting
b) eing
c) inge
d) ing
Show answer
d) ing. Disgust takes plain ing to make disgusting.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
disgusting
a) grimy
b) pleasant
c) foul
d) sickening
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b) pleasant. A pleasant smell is one you enjoy; the other three all describe something unpleasant.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The bin behind the canteen gave off a disgasting smell after the long weekend.
a) canteen
b) disgasting
c) smell
d) weekend
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b) disgasting. The middle of disgusting has a u, as in the word gust.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sgintudigs
a) disgutsing
b) disgustnig
c) disgusting
d) dsigusting
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c) disgusting. Write disgust in full, then ing: no letter goes missing.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Pick the thing that is disgusting.
a) toasted bread
b) sliced bread
c) mouldy bread
d) brown bread
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c) mouldy bread
2. If a smell is disgusting, you would probably want to ____.
a) open your mouth
b) close your eyes
c) cover your ears
d) cover your nose
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d) cover your nose
