different between disgusting vs skeevy

English

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?st??/, /d?s???st??/
(Northern England) IPA^(key): /d?s???st??/
Hyphenation: dis?gust?ing

disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
- 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, "Tis the season to be risque in TV spots" in The Dayton Journal Herald
  But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".

disgusting

From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) plus English suffix -y. Compare Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

skeevy (comparative skeevier, superlative skeeviest)

(slang) Disgusting or distasteful.
- 2013, Jessica Hagedorn, Manila Noir, Akashic Books (?ISBN), page 183
- 2017, Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN), page 232

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