phrasal verb · neutral
turn one's stomach
UK/tɜːn wʌnz ˈstʌmək/US/tɜrn wʌnz ˈstʌmək/turn ONE'S STOM·ach
task2speaking
to make someone feel disgusted or sick
Examples
“The graphic images in the article turned my stomach.”
“The smell of the rotten food turned her stomach.”
“He admitted that the violent scenes in the film turned his stomach.”
Band 8 sentence
“The documentary's excessive gore ultimately turned a lot of viewers' stomachs, undermining its educational purpose.”
Collocations
- turn someone's stomach with
- turn my/your/his stomach
Word family
turn verbstomach noun
Common mistakes
turn the stomach→turn one's stomach
turn stomach→turn one's stomach
disgusting me→turned my stomach / disgusted me
Say it for a higher band
5disgust→6make someone feel sick→7+turn one's stomach
Synonyms
disgust
Easily confused
disgust
“The graphic description disgusted many readers.”
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