different between disgust vs dishearten

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s-g?st?
• IPA^(key): /d?s???st/, [d?s?k?st]
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: dis?gust
• Homophone: discussed

Verb

disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted)

1. To cause an intense dislike for something.
   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V

     It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust.

Translations

Noun

disgust (uncountable)

1. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

   With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

Translations

Further reading

• disgust in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disgust in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disgust at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

dis- +? gust

Noun

disgust m (plural disgusts or disgustos)

1. displeasure

   Antonym: plaer

Derived terms

• disgustar

Further reading

• “disgust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “disgust” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “disgust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “disgust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Etymology

dis- +? hearten

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?h??.t?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?h??.t?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?n

Verb

dishearten (third-person singular simple present disheartens, present participle disheartening, simple past and past participle disheartened)

1. (transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

   Synonym: discourage

   Antonyms: hearten, encourage

Translations

Further reading

• “dishearten”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Eisenhardt