Disgust and Need

Disgust

Disgust verb - To cause to feel disgust.

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Need and disgust are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a verb "Disgust".

Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Disgust and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disgust" instead a verb "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

old	old disgust	old need
physical	physical disgust	physical need
particular	particular disgust	particular need
natural	natural disgust	natural need
Other adjectives: genuine, sheer, deep, obvious, strong, real, severe, extreme, great, intense, little, absolute, personal, immediate, instinctive, general, apparent, less, further, overwhelming, all-consuming.

During one Have a Nice Death sequence in Star Trek: Borg, Q expresses disgust at the player's idiocy and declares his need to "renew myself in some alternate reality".

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / My Little Pony
When Dean Winchester starts rooting through a trashcan during a cutscene and an amnesiac Buffy Summers expresses disgust, he points out that they're going to need anything they can scavenge because it's not like this trope is going to be in action.

Source: Inexplicable Treasure Chests
Several 18th and 19th century accounts describe European envoys' need to overcome their disgust at this.

Source: Crazy Cultural Comparison

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