What is the Latin word for disgust?

The usual Latin words for “disgust” are fastīdium, satietās, taedium; also nausea, pigeō, molestus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“disgust” in Latin

fastīdiumloathing, disgust, disdain; squeamishness; fastidiousness satietāssufficiency, abundance; satiety taediumweariness, tedium, boredom, ennui; disgust, aversion, repugnance, loathing; sadness, grief nauseanausea; seasickness pigeōto feel annoyance or reluctance at; to repent of; (+ accusative of the person, + genitive of the cause of distress) to i molestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresome gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hard taedetto make tired, to weary, to disgust, to bore vīvōto live; to be alive, to survive; to reside in

The English word disgust itself goes back to Latin gustus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disgust s.

fastidium (the consequence of being satiated, the offensiveness of an object to taste, whether physical or moral): satietas (the state of being satiated; i. e., when an object has lost its charm for us, and affords no more enjoyment; hence, also, the loss of interest in anything from long familiarity with it; physically and morally); (The words are found in this connection and order.) fastidium quoddam et satietas: animus alienus (estrangement from anybody): taedium (the French “ennui,” with reference to what is, or seems to us, tedious; first used in prose by Livy; Cic. uses “satietas” instead): nausea (ναυσία, physical disgust, as consequence of a disordered stomach; also, in a moral sense, as a stronger term for fastidium; but only found in Martisalis, 4, 37): to cause disgust, fastidium or satietatem creare; fastidium movere alicui (e.g., stomacho †); fastidium, or satietatem, or taedium afferre; taedio afficere aliquem; nauseam facere; odium alicujus rei facere; stomachum movere: to feel or conceive disgust, satietas or taedium alicujus rei me capit; venit mihi aliquid in taedium; taedium mihi affert or adducit aliquid: to be filled with disgust of anything, magnum alicujus rei odium me cepit; pertaesum est me alicujus rei; also nauseare (ναυσιᾶν); fastidire aliquid; taedet me alicujus rei; satietas, or taedium alicujus rei me cepit or tenet. I have come to feel disgust at anything (e.g., food), fastidium est mihi aliquid: with disgust, fastidiose; non sine nausea.

disgust v.

To cause disgust [Vid: under DISGUST, s.] . To be disgusted with, piget or taedet me alicujus rei: male me habet aliquid :aegre habeo or patior aliquid: moleste, graviter, or aegre fero aliquid; aliqua re offenditur animus meus (Cic.). To be disgusted with life, taedet, or piget me vitae, or vivere; vita displicet (Terentianus). I am disgusted at everything, stomachor omnia: to disgust anybody with anything, alicui aliquid invisum facere; alicujus animum ab aliqua re avertere or alienare: you know how easily I am disgusted, nosti stomachi mei fastidium: which disgusted me more, etc., quae mihi majori stomacho fuerunt, quam, etc. (offended, enraged me): to be disgusted with one’s self, laborare fastidio sui (Sen.; speaking of stultitia); sibi displicere (Ter., Heaut., 5, 4, 20).

Offend; displease, offendere aliquem; stomachum movere alicui (enrage him): avertere aliquem or alicujus animum ab aliquo. Vid: OFFEND.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disgust?: The usual Latin words for “disgust” are fastīdium, satietās, taedium; also nausea, pigeō, molestus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.