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{
"term": "disgusting",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "extremely unpleasant",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The kitchen was in a disgusting state when she left."
},
{
"text": "What a disgusting smell!"
},
{
"text": "He has some rather disgusting habits."
},
{
"text": "That soup tastes disgusting!"
},
{
"text": "I've always thought he was a disgusting little man."
},
{
"text": "Picking your nose is a disgusting habit."
},
{
"text": "The sink was full of a disgusting black slime."
},
{
"text": "This tastes absolutely disgusting."
}
],
"synonyms": "revolting",
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "smell"],
"adverb": ["particularly", "really", "truly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "making you feel shocked, upset or angry",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think it's disgusting that they're closing the local hospital."
},
{
"text": "His language is disgusting *(= he uses a lot of offensive words)*."
},
{
"text": "I think the way she's treated him is absolutely disgusting."
},
{
"text": "That's a disgusting thing to say."
},
{
"text": "Their behaviour has been quite disgusting."
},
{
"text": "I find his behaviour disgusting."
}
],
"synonyms": "despicable, outrageous",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "smell"],
"adverb": ["particularly", "really", "truly"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/disgusting/disgusting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/disgusting/disgusting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}