Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disgusterous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-gus-ter-ous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"'That is the most disgusterous taste that is ever touching my teeth!'"
"Phosphor bronze is the most disgusterous stuff that has ever been employed for the purpose of springing keys; not only does it degrade quickly over the years but it also breaks easily, usually flush with the pillar."
"Some of the high-born English ladies could be as familiar in matters of love as the Duke: "horrid Charlotte Greville," condemned Charles Percy from Paris in 1815, “makes the most filthy & disgusterous love to the Duke of Wellington, sitting on his knee, patting his head & wrinkling her face into lascivious smiles.""
"We were inundated with thousands of disgusterous entries!"

Etymology

Coined by British author Roald Dahl. Modeled after disgusting and perhaps preposterous.

Inflected Forms

more disgusterous (comparative) most disgusterous (superlative)

Questions

What does disgusterous mean?: disgusting
Where does disgusterous come from?: Coined by British author Roald Dahl. Modeled after disgusting and perhaps preposterous.

How to pronounce disgusterous

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