disgustful

[ dis-guhst-fuhl, dih-skuhst- ]

adjective

Origin of disgustful

First recorded in 1605–15; disgust + -ful

He went out but little, and then, she opined with a disgustful sniff, for purposes strictly alcoholic.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams
No favouritism can sustain a ministry which has become disgustful to the nation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844 | Various
But nothing could be more disgustful than the 80,000l. which the Company had divided amongst themselves.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
When once this higher flavor of stimulus has been tasted, all that is less becomes vapid and disgustful.
Gamblers and Gambling | Henry Ward Beecher
"I'm through with that bunch down there," he said in the tone of deep, disgustful renunciation.
The Duke Of Chimney Butte | G. W. Ogden

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