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Definition of Disgustingness
1. Noun. Extreme unpalatability to the mouth.
Generic synonyms: Unpalatability, Unpalatableness
Derivative terms: Disgusting, Distasteful, Nauseating, Sickening, Unsavory
2. Noun. The property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind.
Generic synonyms: Unpalatability, Unpalatableness
Derivative terms: Unsavory
Definition of Disgustingness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being disgusting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgustingness
Literary usage of Disgustingness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James, Ralph Barton Perry (1922)
"Take a mass of carrion, for example, and the 'disgustingness' which for us is part
... So the disgustingness fails to operate within the realm of suns and ..."
2. William James and Henri Bergson: A Study in Contrasting Theories of Life by Horace Meyer Kallen (1914)
"Take a mass of carrion, for example, and the "disgustingness" which for us is part
... So the disgustingness fails to operate within the realm of suns and ..."
3. Millennial Tidings by Harriet Livermore (1831)
"... and their self-conceit, and self-sufficiency, and vanity have reached the
height of disgustingness; and not only disgustingness, but in the countenances ..."
4. Impressions of Turkey During Twelve Years' Wanderings by William Mitchell Ramsay (1897)
"... indescribable brutality, by people whose amusement and talk, whose jests and
cursing, lie in extremes of horror, surpassing the disgustingness of those ..."