Most-Hated = most-disgusting?

"Most-hated" means "most-hated". Why do you want to change the meaning?

Thanks for replying.

But it helped nothing.

I presumed from your subject line that you were asking if "most-hated" means "mot disgusting".

My answer to you took the form of a question, namely "Why do you need to change the meaning?". I asked this because it seems to me that "most-hated" is an easily understandable phrase. Most. Hated. Consider the sentence: "A poll showed that the most hated dictator in history was Adolf Hitler." This means that most people questioned selected Hitler as the dictator they hated above all others. "Disgusting" means repulsive or sickening. A plate of faeces would be disgusting. The crime of child abuse is disgusting to most people.

As a former ESL teacher, you must realize that words directly translated from a mother tongue often do not express the same intent in the target language. Ori has recently been asking about a number of these. Understanding nuance is essential to understanding the new language.

Don't assume that because you fully grasp the nuance of a word that that nuance is known to every new speaker of English.

Most-hated probably sounds a bit too strong for what it actually means. Irritating, Annoying, Most-Disliked may more appropriately convey the sense.

Izzy figured it out, Contrex, and he wasn't, to my knowledge, an ESL teacher.

Thank you all.