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Word Meanings - SCUNNER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

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  • CAUSEFUL
    Having a cause.
  • CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
    Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
  • DISGUSTFUL
    Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting. That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke.
  • DISGUST
    To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly
  • DISGUSTFULNESS
    The state of being disgustful.
  • CAUSERIE
    Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
  • LOATHER
    One who loathes.
  • CAUSER
    One who or that which causes.
  • CAUSELESS
    1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
  • LOATHE
    1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley. 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. The secret which I loathe. Waller. She loathes the vital sir. Dryden. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest;
  • CAUSE
    A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give
  • CAUSEWAY; CAUSEY
    A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. (more
  • DISGUSTING
    That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv.
  • CAUSELESSNESS
    The state of being causeless.
  • CAUSEUSE
    A kind of sofa for two person. A tête-a-tête.
  • UNCAUSED
    Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.
  • BECAUSE
    1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these
  • CONCAUSE
    A joint cause. Fotherby.

 

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