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écoeurer

to disgust, to nauseate

verb eh-kuh-REH Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Also means

to dishearten

Usage Note

Écoeurer comes from coeur (heart) with the prefix é-, suggesting something that 'turns the heart'. It covers both literal nausea and the figurative sense of demoralising or sickening someone. The adjective écoeurant (disgusting, sickening) is widely used in colloquial speech.

Examples

"Cette odeur m'a complètement écoeuré."

Natural Translation

That smell completely disgusted me.

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