dégourdissement (-dis-mān), n.m., removal of numbness; return of circulation; quickening, reviving.

dégoût, n.m., disgust, disrelish, loathing; dislike, distaste; mortification. Il lui a pris du — pour la viande; he has taken a dislike to meat. Avoir du — pour la vie; to be disgusted with life. On lui a donné bien des —s; they made him swallow many a bitter pill.

dégoûtant, -e, adj., disgusting, loathsome, distasteful, nauseous, sickening; unpleasant, disheartening. Plaie —; disgusting sore.

dégoûté, -e, n. and adj., fastidious person, fastidious. Faire le —; to be squeamish, fastidious. C’est un bon —; he likes good things. Vous n’êtes pas —! you’re not at all particular! I should rather think so!

dégoûter, v.a., to disgust; to put out of conceit. Cela est bien fait pour — quelqu’un du métier; that is well calculated to disgust any one with the trade. Il est dégoûté de la vie; he is disgusted with life.

se dégoûter, v.r., to take a disgust, a dislike, a distaste to; to nauseate, to dislike, to lose courage, to be disheartened.

dégouttant, -e, adj., dropping, dripping.

dégouttement, n.m., dripping, falling in drops.

dégoutter, v.n., to drop, to trickle, to drip, to dribble. La sueur lui dégouttait du front; the perspiration was rolling off his forehead. Faire — du beurre sur de la viande; to drip butter upon meat.

dégradant, -e, adj., degrading, debasing.