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αηδία
disgust /a.iˈði.a/
nounB1#1056 most common
Also: nausea, revulsion, distaste
Example sentences
Τι αηδία!
How disgusting!
Νιώθω αηδία όταν το βλέπω.
I feel disgust when I see it.
Το φαγητό μού προκάλεσε αηδία.
The food made me feel nauseated.
Δεν μπορεί να κρύψει την αηδία της για αυτή τη συμπεριφορά.
She can't hide her disgust at this behavior.
Η αηδία που ένιωσε ήταν τόσο έντονη που αρνήθηκε να ξαναπατήσει εκεί.
The disgust he felt was so intense that he refused to set foot there again.
Μη λες αηδίες, ξέρεις καλά ποιος φταίει.
Don't talk rubbish, you know very well who's at fault.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αηδία | αηδίες |
| Genitive | αηδίας | αηδιών |
| Accusative | αηδία | αηδίες |
| Vocative | αηδία | αηδίες |
Word family
αηδήςdisgusting, unpleasant
αηδιάζωto feel disgusted, to be nauseated
αηδιαστικόςrepulsive, nauseatingαηδιασμένοςdisgusted (state)
Etymology
The word comes from ancient Greek ἀηδία, built from the adjective ἀηδής, meaning unpleasant. That adjective joins the privative prefix ἀ- (not) to ἡδύς, meaning sweet or pleasant. So the word literally means the state of being unpleasant, and it settled into modern Greek as disgust or nausea.
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