different between disgust vs facepalm

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

Alternative forms

• face-palm, face palm

Etymology

From face +? palm. Attested since at least 2001.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fe?s?p??(l)m/

Noun

facepalm (plural facepalms)

1. A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations.

Coordinate terms

• headslapper

Derived terms

• facepalmy

Translations

Verb

facepalm (third-person singular simple present facepalms, present participle facepalming, simple past and past participle facepalmed)

1. To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.
2. To bring one’s face down to one’s cupped hand or hands.

Usage notes

• Found primarily in real-time text communication on the Internet, often involving image macros or ASCII art of someone facepalming.

Coordinate terms

• smack one's forehead

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Gestures/facepalm

Further reading

• facepalm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English facepalm.

Noun

facepalm m (invariable)

1. facepalm