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disgust
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)
- 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.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
Translations
Noun
disgust (uncountable)
- 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)
- 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.
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opposition
English
Etymology
From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositi?, translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??z???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??z??n?/
Noun
opposition (plural oppositions)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
Antonyms
- apposition
Translations
Further reading
- opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
opposition
- Genitive singular form of oppositio.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from post-classical Latin oppositi? (translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis)), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.po.zi.sj??/
Noun
opposition f (plural oppositions)
- opposition
Derived terms
- par opposition à
Further reading
- “opposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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