disgustv. t.[OF. desgouster, F. dgoter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.] To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.()To disgust him with the world and its vanities. (Prescott.)rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. (J. H. Newman.)Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. (Macaulay.)n.[Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dgot. See Disgust, v. t.] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust.()The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. (Locke.)In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. (Macaulay.)()