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Disgust vs Yeesh - What's the difference?

disgust | yeesh |

As a verb disgust

is to cause an intense dislike for something.

As a noun disgust

is an intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

As an interjection yeesh is

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disgust

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause an intense dislike for something.
    • It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.
  • * 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 . There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.

    Noun

    (wikipedia disgust) (-)
  • An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
    • With an air of disgust , she stormed out of the room.

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    yeesh

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * 1999 Feb 3, 3:00 am, Jenn, The Theory of being loved , alt.romance:
    • You ask..yeesh do we have to teach you EVERYTHING??
  • * 2005 Sep 29, 12:29 am, Rev. Bleech_, Rate crimes against humanity from best to worst , alt.music.pink-floyd:
    • >How can there be a "best" crime against humanity?
    Ones that get rid of the most undesirable ethnic groups. Yeesh do I have to draw a picture?
  • * 2009 , Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, Lani Diane Rich, Dogs and Goddesses , page 383:
    • Yeesh , pour salt on the wound, why don't you?
  • * 2009 , Jeannine Garsee, Say the Word , page 296:
    • “I just wondered if you'd—” “Shut up, Shawna. I didn't say anything. Yeesh! ”
  • phew, whew.
  • * 2003 , Jeanette Cottrell, There's No Such Thing!?
    • "I guess that explains why they don't fly very well." Gina shuddered. "And I almost made it crash! Yeesh !" "Yeesh is right," agreed Jay.
  • * 2005 , Lee Edward Födi, Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers?
    • "Yeesh ," Ratchet muttered again, caressing his singed whiskers. "I think I'll let you look for the books from now on, Kendra."
  • yuck, yech.
  • * 2005 , Eugene B Bergmann, Excelsior, you fathead!: the art and enigma of Jean Shepherd
    • And so, if your mother says, "Yeesh !" every time somebody mentions broiled liver...
  • * 2008 , Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
    • Yeesh . So strong was his cologne she could practically taste it.
  • * 2008 , Suzanne Brockmann, Force of Nature
    • She did, however, spot Gordon Burns over by the bar. Yeesh . He gave her the creeps.