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بشع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes something that is repulsive, disgusting, or offensive, particularly in taste or appearance. It extends to the act of finding something repulsive and the state of being repulsive.

Derived headwords

بَشِعَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning: unpleasant in taste, catching in the throatboth

    meaning: unpleasant in taste, catching in the throat

بَشِعadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning: unpleasant in taste, catching in the throatboth

    meaning: unpleasant in taste, catching in the throat

بَشَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    repulsivenessboth

    The state or quality of being repulsive or disgusting.

  2. 2.
    uglinessboth

    An extreme lack of aesthetic appeal; ugliness.

اِسْتَبْشَعَverb
  1. 1.
    he considered it unpleasantboth

    he considered it unpleasant

Parallel reading

شئ بشع، أي كريه الطعم يأخذ بالحلق، بين البشاعة.
A repulsive thing, meaning its taste is foul and catches in the throat, characterized by repulsiveness.
ورجل بشع بين البشع إذا أكله فبشع منه.
And a repulsive man, characterized by repulsiveness, if he eats it and it becomes repulsive to him.
واستبشع الشئ، أي عده بشعا.
And he found the thing repulsive, meaning he considered it repulsive.