disgust
verb (used with object)
to cause loathing or nausea in.
self-disgust
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a word derived from
disgust.
Example Sentences
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It’s a grisly, funny ritual in which they reveal the self-disgust that their menial jobs have inculcated in them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
They feel much worse about their appearance than those with normal appearance concerns and experience greater anxiety, depression, shame and self-disgust about some aspects of their appearance.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023
Sam Green QC, defending, said during meetings Pybus did not have self-pity "but emotions of self-disgust and the difficulties of living with that he had done".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2021
For all the pre-emptive diffidence, the self-consciousness, the self-disgust, the self-criticism, there is a pernicious thread of … self-regard.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2021
After a minute or two, as I heard myself talking, I felt self-disgust.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
