disgustful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- disgustfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of disgustful
Example Sentences
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She was refused permission, an act that she found "disgustful."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
On the contrary, none are more disgustful in company than the impudent and presuming.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
At sight of her transformation the brown man stared hard, and then grinned vigorously, and the girl hotched and wriggled in disgustful discomfort.
From White Fire by Oxenham, John
But that did not detract from the pervading sensation of disgustful grubbiness.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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