disgustful
Americanadjective
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She was refused permission, an act that she found "disgustful."
From Time Magazine Archive
A disgustful shudder shook the girl where she stood.
From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Saidee blushed with anger, disgustful words tingling on her tongue; but she remained silent, her lips parted.
From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
But what was becoming and graceful in Mr. Fletcher would be disgustful almost in any other.'
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
Yet this avenue, opprobrious and disgustful as it was, afforded the only means of escaping from the worst extremes of famine.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
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