Synonyms for disgusting
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Revolting
revolting, distasteful, loathsome, sickening, abhorrent, repugnant, nasty, repulsive, horrid, offensive, vile, foul, yucky informal, obscene, disgraceful, nauseating, execrable, shocking, nauseous, hateful, detestable, bad
Other
morbid, unsightly, untasteable, barftastic slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
a disgusting waste of money
Example sentences
- sickening Experience the sickening knotting of the stomach.
- revolting The food had a slimy consistency that was revolting.
- distasteful I hope that distasteful joke wasn't directed at me.
- abhorrent The behaviour of the kids during the lesson was abhorrent.
- morbid He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
- unsightly He has unsightly hairs growing out of his ears.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disgusting | rising | |
| sickening | rising | |
| revolting | steady | |
| distasteful | steady | |
| abhorrent | rising | |
| morbid | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- foul1, vile1
- 5 letters
- nasty2, yucky2
- 6 letters
- horrid2, morbid2
- 7 letters
- obscene2, hateful2
- 8 letters
- shocking2, nauseous2
- 9 letters
- offensive3, sickening3, repulsive3, revolting3, abhorrent3, repugnant3, unsightly3, loathsome2, execrable4
- 10 letters
- nauseating4, detestable, barftastic
- 11 letters
- disgraceful3, distasteful3, untasteable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nasty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dégoûtant
- Italiano
- disgustoso
- Español
- asqueroso
- Deutsch
- eklig