What is another word for disgusting?
883 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪsɡˈʌstɪŋ], [ dɪsɡˈʌstɪŋ], [ d_ɪ_s_ɡ_ˈʌ_s_t_ɪ_ŋ]
"Disgusting" is a word that often evokes feelings of revulsion and queasiness. However, there are plenty of synonyms that can be used to describe something that's gross or repellent without employing that specific term. Some words with similar meanings include repulsive, repugnant, nauseating, sickening, foul, distasteful, unsavory, offensive, noxious, and objectionable. Whether you're describing a rancid odor, an unsanitary environment, or a repugnant behavior, utilizing one of these synonyms can add variety and specificity to your language while effectively communicating your distaste for a particular subject.
Synonyms for Disgusting:
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adj.
• detestable • disagreeable • grisly • hateful- uncool ,
- de spiteful ,
- de-spiteful ,
- more cussed ,
- more uncool ,
- most cussed ,
- most uncool ,
- un cool ,
- un desirable ,
- un-cool ,
- un-desirable .
- Nidorous ,
- Olid ,
- carious ,
- curdled ,
- evil-smelling ,
- whiffy ,
- frowzy ,
- fusty ,
- putrefactive .
- crummy ,
- defiled ,
- dingy ,
- dirty ,
- dusty ,
- festering ,
- fetid ,
- filthy ,
- foul ,
- grimy ,
- grubby ,
- impure ,
- infectious ,
- insalubrious ,
- mucky ,
- muddy ,
- murky ,
- putrid ,
- scatological ,
- scruffy ,
- septic ,
- shabby ,
- sloppy ,
- slovenly ,
- smutty ,
- sordid ,
- toxic ,
- unclean ,
- unhygenic ,
- unsanitary ,
- untidy .
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- heel ,
- heelest ,
- low down ,
- more currish ,
- more despisable ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more outcast ,
- more swinish ,
- most despisable ,
- most inferior ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most outcast ,
- most swinish ,
- out cast ,
- out-cast ,
- outcast ,
- scummiest ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest ,
- un-worthy .
- ghostly ,
- more corpselike ,
- more mortuary ,
- more wraithlike ,
- most corpselike ,
- most mortuary ,
- most wraithlike ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-natural .
- cruddier ,
- cruddiest ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- slimier ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un washed ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-washed .
- Unalluring ,
- more unaesthetic ,
- more unalluring ,
- most unaesthetic ,
- most unalluring ,
- un aesthetic ,
- un alluring ,
- un-aesthetic ,
- un-alluring .
- scarier ,
- scary ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest .
- dis likable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-likable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more dislikable ,
- most dislikable ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- pillest .
- Revulsive ,
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- in compatible ,
- in consistent ,
- in consonant ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-consonant ,
- more against ,
- more inconsonant ,
- more revulsive ,
- more unconformable ,
- more unfitted ,
- most against ,
- most inconsonant ,
- most revulsive ,
- most unconformable ,
- most unfitted ,
- un conformable ,
- un fitted ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un-conformable ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly .
- Perished ,
- Pustular ,
- bad smelling ,
- badsmelling ,
- de composed ,
- de-composed ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrating ,
- more bad smelling ,
- more bad-smelling ,
- more badsmelling ,
- more corroded ,
- more crumbled ,
- more decomposed ,
- more disintegrated ,
- more disintegrating ,
- more fecal ,
- more festering ,
- more infected ,
- more moldering ,
- more overripe ,
- more perished ,
- more purulent ,
- more pustular ,
- more putrified ,
- more smelling ,
- most bad smelling ,
- most bad-smelling ,
- most badsmelling ,
- most corroded ,
- most crumbled ,
- most decomposed ,
- most disintegrated ,
- most disintegrating ,
- most fecal ,
- most festering ,
- most infected ,
- most moldering ,
- most overripe ,
- most perished ,
- most purulent ,
- most pustular ,
- most putrified ,
- most smelling ,
- over ripe ,
- rotting ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- brokendown ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest .
- in sipid ,
- in-sipid ,
- more subfuscous ,
- more unbeauteous ,
- most subfuscous ,
- most unbeauteous ,
- sub fuscous ,
- sub-fuscous ,
- un appealing ,
- un beauteous ,
- un-appealing ,
- un-beauteous .
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adv.
• beastly -
n.
• disgusting -
v.
• displeasing Other synonyms:
- Despisable ,
- astounding ,
- bracing ,
- breathtaking ,
- bruising ,
- deplorable ,
- disgraceful ,
- down and dirty ,
- frightful ,
- god-awful ,
- gruesome ,
- hellish ,
- hideous ,
- horrific ,
- in-your-face ,
- insufferable ,
- lurid ,
- murderous ,
- rotten ,
- scabby ,
- scabrous ,
- sick ,
- traumatic ,
- uncalled-for ,
- verminous .
- abhorrent ,
- abominable ,
- contemptible ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- galvanic ,
- horrifying ,
- lousy ,
- nefarious ,
- outrageous ,
- poor ,
- rancid ,
- rank ,
- repugnant ,
- shameful ,
- stupefying ,
- uncompromising .
- antipathetic ,
- atrocious ,
- devastating ,
- horrid ,
- infamous ,
- taboo ,
- wretched .
- unwholesome .
- low .
Other relevant words:
• bestial
• detestable
• disgusting
• horrible
• noun
- Abhorred ,
- Abhorring ,
- Damnableness ,
- Disliking ,
- Distasting ,
- Fescennine ,
- Fiendish ,
- GUNKY ,
- Goatish ,
- Hating ,
- Incommunicable ,
- Irksome ,
- Loathed ,
- Loathful ,
- Miasmatic ,
- Ordurous ,
- Outraging ,
- Palling ,
- Paphian ,
- Putrefying ,
- Rebuffing ,
- Reeky ,
- Repulsing ,
- Slabby ,
- Sloshy ,
- Snubbing ,
- Unenjoyed ,
- abhor ,
- abhorrence ,
- abject ,
- abominably ,
- abominate ,
- abomination ,
- abysmally ,
- afoul ,
- against the grain ,
- amoral ,
- annoy ,
- annoyance ,
- antipathy ,
- appalling ,
- appallingly ,
- arch ,
- arouse ,
- arrant ,
- atrociously ,
- aversion ,
- awful ,
- awful dastardly ,
- awfully ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- baleful ,
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- barfy ,
- base ,
- bawdy ,
- bedraggled ,
- beggarly ,
- begrimed ,
- below contempt ,
- beneath contempt ,
- blameworthy ,
- blood-curdling ,
- bloodthirsty ,
- blue ,
- boring ,
- brackish ,
- broad ,
- brutal ,
- brutally ,
- brutish ,
- carnal ,
- carrion ,
- cheating ,
- cheesy ,
- cloying ,
- coarse ,
- coarsely ,
- commonplace ,
- confoundedly ,
- corrupt ,
- crappy ,
- creepy ,
- cruddy ,
- crude ,
- cruel ,
- cruelly ,
- cyprian ,
- damnable ,
- deadly ,
- debased ,
- debauched ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- depraved ,
- desperately ,
- detest ,
- detestation ,
- detested ,
- dire ,
- dirtily ,
- disgust ,
- disgustful ,
- disgustingly ,
- disgustingness ,
- dishonourable ,
- dislike ,
- disliked ,
- displease ,
- disreputable ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- distaste ,
- distressing ,
- disturb ,
- dreadful ,
- dreadfully ,
- egregious ,
- embarrassing ,
- emetic ,
- encourage ,
- enliven ,
- enormous ,
- erotic ,
- evil ,
- evilly ,
- excessive ,
- excite ,
- execrable ,
- execration ,
- exhilarate ,
- explicit ,
- fearful ,
- fearfully ,
- fecal ,
- feculent ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- filthily ,
- flagitious ,
- flagrant ,
- flat ,
- flyblown ,
- foetid ,
- forbidding ,
- foul-mouthed ,
- foul-smelling ,
- fouled ,
- foully ,
- freakish ,
- frightening ,
- frightfully ,
- fulsome ,
- funky ,
- ghastly ,
- ghostlike ,
- ghoulish ,
- gloppy ,
- goad ,
- gorgonian ,
- gory ,
- grave ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- gross ,
- grossly ,
- grotesque ,
- grotty ,
- harassment ,
- harrowing ,
- harshly ,
- hassle ,
- hasten ,
- hate ,
- hated ,
- hateful ,
- hatred ,
- heavily ,
- heinous ,
- hellishly ,
- hideously ,
- horrendous ,
- horribly ,
- horridly ,
- horrifically ,
- horror ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-scented ,
- immodest ,
- immoral ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- improper ,
- inappropriate ,
- incite ,
- inconvenience ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indefinable ,
- indelicate ,
- inedible ,
- inelegant ,
- inexpressible ,
- infernally ,
- inhuman ,
- iniquitous ,
- insipid ,
- inspire ,
- insulting ,
- intolerable ,
- invidious ,
- irritation ,
- lamentable ,
- lascivious ,
- lecherous ,
- lewd ,
- libertine ,
- libidinous ,
- licentious ,
- like ,
- little ,
- loathe ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- loathsomeness ,
- loose ,
- low-down ,
- lumpen ,
- lustful ,
- macabre ,
- maggoty ,
- maledict ,
- malodorous ,
- mangy ,
- marked-up ,
- mawkish ,
- mean ,
- meanly ,
- measly ,
- mephitic ,
- merciless ,
- miasmal ,
- miasmic ,
- mischief ,
- mischievous ,
- miserable ,
- monstrous ,
- morbid ,
- musty ,
- nastily ,
- naughty ,
- nausea ,
- nauseate ,
- nauseous ,
- nightmarish ,
- noisome ,
- notorious ,
- noxious ,
- nuisance ,
- objectionable ,
- obnoxiously ,
- off-putting ,
- out of favor ,
- outrageously ,
- overdone ,
- pain ,
- painful ,
- paltry ,
- pernicious ,
- perverted ,
- pest ,
- pestilential ,
- petty ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- pitiless ,
- pixilated ,
- poky ,
- poorly ,
- pornographic ,
- prankish ,
- profane ,
- profligate ,
- provoke ,
- prurient ,
- puckish ,
- pungent ,
- putrescent ,
- queasy ,
- quicken ,
- rebarbative ,
- reeking ,
- regrettable ,
- repel ,
- repellant ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- reptilian ,
- repulse ,
- repulsively ,
- resist ,
- resistant ,
- revoltingly ,
- ribald ,
- rouse ,
- rude ,
- rudely ,
- ruthless ,
- ruttish ,
- sad ,
- sadly ,
- salacious ,
- savage ,
- scandalous ,
- scatologic ,
- schlock ,
- scrubby ,
- scummy ,
- scurfy ,
- scurrilous ,
- scurvy ,
- sec ,
- sensual ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- shameless ,
- shitty ,
- shockingly ,
- shoddy ,
- sickening ,
- sickeningly ,
- sinful ,
- skanky ,
- slimy ,
- sludgy ,
- slushy ,
- small ,
- smelly ,
- smoky ,
- soiled ,
- stained ,
- stale ,
- stimulate ,
- stinking ,
- stinky ,
- stomach-churning ,
- stomach-turning ,
- strong ,
- suggestive ,
- tedious ,
- terrible ,
- terribly ,
- terrific ,
- terrifically ,
- terrifying ,
- thersitical ,
- timidly ,
- tiresome ,
- too bad ,
- ugly ,
- unaesthetic ,
- unappealing ,
- unappetizing ,
- unattractive ,
- unchaste ,
- undescribable ,
- unflattering ,
- unhappily ,
- unholy ,
- uninviting ,
- unkempt ,
- unlikeable ,
- unlovable ,
- unlovely ,
- unmentionable ,
- unpleasing ,
- unpopular ,
- unrestrained ,
- unsavoury ,
- unseemly ,
- unsightly ,
- unspeakable ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unthankful ,
- unutterable ,
- unwashed ,
- vicious ,
- vile ,
- vilely ,
- villainous ,
- vinegarish ,
- vulgar ,
- wanton ,
- wicked ,
- wickedly ,
- woeful ,
- wormy ,
- worst ,
- worthless ,
- wrongly ,
- yecchy ,
- yucky .
- Heeler ,
- Inconsonant ,
- Lou ,
- Piller ,
- Subfuscous ,
- bad-looking ,
- bad-smelling ,
- big mouth ,
- broken down ,
- corpselike ,
- currish ,
- defying description ,
- dislikable ,
- godawful ,
- grody ,
- grungy ,
- homely ,
- icky ,
- in opposition ,
- lowdown ,
- nauseating ,
- not beautiful ,
- not much to look at ,
- obnoxious ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- over-ripe ,
- overripe ,
- purulent ,
- putrified ,
- scummier ,
- scuzzy ,
- shocking ,
- shuddersome ,
- sickie ,
- squalid ,
- unbeauteous ,
- unconformable ,
- unfitted ,
- wraithlike .
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How to use "Disgusting" in context?
If you think the words "disgusting" only refer to body functions, you're sorely mistaken. Disgusting has many different definitions, but they all revolve around the idea of being repulsive or abhorrent.
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Adjective
bad, degrading, deplorable, detestable, dirty, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, egregious, embarrassing, frightening, galling, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, lousy, monstrous, objectionable, obscene, offensive, rotten, rude, sad, saddening, scandalous, shocking, sick, stinking, terrible, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, yucky, shitty, crappy, bullshit.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Doing, discusting, grossgusting.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
abominable, appalling, atrocious, awful, creepy, despicable, disgraceful, distasteful, foul, heinous, horrible, obnoxious, off-putting, outrageous, repellent, shameful, ugly.
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Adjective
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