causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant synonym disgusting令人厭惡的;令人反感的;十分討厭的 Synonyms disgustingdisgusting- foul
- revolting
- repulsive
- offensive
- gross
- disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:
What a disgusting smell! 這氣味真難聞!
- foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad:
She could smell his foul breath. 她聞得到他的口臭。
- revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:
The stew looked revolting. 這煨菜看上去令人作嘔。
disgusting or revolting? Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English.用 disgusting 還是 revolting? - repulsive (rather formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill. Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons.
- offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant.
- gross (informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant.
- disgusting/repulsive/offensive to somebody
- to find somebody/something disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive
- to smell/taste disgusting/foul/gross
- a(n) disgusting/foul/revolting/offensive/gross smell
- a disgusting/revolting/gross habit
- disgusting/offensive/gross behaviour
- a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2She found the idea deeply repulsive. 她覺得這個想法很惡心。 The very thought seems repulsive. 一想起這件事似乎就覺得惡心。 He found her habits quite repulsive. 他發現她有些習慣讓人很反感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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physics )物理 causing repulsion (= a force that pushes away) 引起排斥的;斥力的 repulsive forces 斥力
Word Originlate Middle English: from French répulsif, or from , -ive, from repellere ‘drive back’, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.