different between displeasing vs disgusting

English

Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”).

displeasing (comparative more displeasing, superlative most displeasing)

displeasing

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?st??/, /d?s???st??/
(Northern England) IPA^(key): /d?s???st??/
Hyphenation: dis?gust?ing

disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
- 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, "Tis the season to be risque in TV spots" in The Dayton Journal Herald
  But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".

disgusting

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