The phrase "evoke disgust" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that causes a strong feeling of revulsion or disapproval.
Example: "The graphic images in the documentary were intended to evoke disgust and raise awareness about the issue."
Alternatives: "elicit disgust" or "provoke disgust."
But they buzz with the volume of a rattling car engine, land on people and generally evoke disgust.
Yet it often seems as if these stories are as likely to evoke disgust as they are sympathy.
Others identify musical notes with colors; still others mix touch sensations with strong emotions, so that sandpaper might evoke disgust, velvet envy, wood grain guilt.
I've been treated to graphic descriptions of child rape, outrageous accusations designed to evoke disgust, plus numerous other commentaries on my appearance, professionalism, life … My response has been to go on a blocking spree so aggressive my thumbs are sore.
Threatening ideas are also like slow-acting pathogens or poisons, and evoke disgust responses requiring the contaminated carriers of such ideas to be avoided or eliminated - Taylor notes wryly the way in which Richard Dawkins refers to religion in this way as a "virus".
Nothing urban would be more likely to evoke disgust than a study promoting a benign picture of Bloomberg's New York — even though, in reality, that city was relatively peaceful (and self-healing from the worst war wound in its history) and prosperous (if more and more unevenly so), with the parks restored or expanding and the subways so safe that they became crowded at two or three in the morning.
Consider the toilet: Though it has the veneer (and sometimes the scent) of freshly brushed teeth, it typically evokes disgust.
By Paulina Reso November 30 , 2010Consider the toilet: Though it has the veneer (and sometimes the scent) of freshly brushed teeth, it typically evokes disgust.
But his profile has been dramatically raised by the success of "The Metamorphosis," which gave Mr. Watson the role of a lifetime in the character of Gregor Samsa, the traveling salesman whose harrowing transformation evokes disgust and terror in those around him.
The authors concluded that there is an increased risk to develop fear for a stimulus that evokes disgust.
It's the underlying concept that seems to evoke the disgust.
