Disgust Asl (2025)

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How do you sign disgusted in ASL? ›

American Sign Language: "disgust"

The sign for "disgust" also means "nauseous." Make a claw hand. The movement is as if you were scratching you belly in a circular fashion. The knuckles stay bent in the same position throughout the duration of the sign. The facial expression is one of disgust.

To sign gross, make a face of disgust and rub your dominant hand in a claw shape on top of your belly, in counter-clockwise circles. Another popular way to sign gross in ASL is to take your dominant claw-shaped hand, then make a clockwise motion on your chest.

The sign for "embarrassed" has several versions. To do the general sign for embarrassed, alternate moving your hands upward alongside your head as if showing the blood rushing up into your face as you are feeling embarrassed. Use a bit of a rotating movement for each hand (up, forward a bit, down, back a bit).

This is how you sign Impossible in American Sign Language.

To sign "Impossible" in American Sign Language, tap the palm of your weak hand twice swiftly with the palm-side of your dominant hand, shaped like a "Y," while wearing a skeptical facial expression.

Signs for CRINGE

Meaning: Bend one's head and body in fear or in a servile manner.

ASL sign for SILLY

Pronunciation (sign description): Dominant "Y" hand (handshape) with palm facing left if right-handed (orientation) shakes at wrist (movement) in front of the forehead (location).

The thumb/index finger side of a b-handshape struck against the chin means "bitch" (contact point is the side of the index finger). "Bastard" can be produced by doing the same sign but locating it on the forehead. The sign for "bitch" is often confused for the English sign "be" or the sign "breakfast".

In addition, ASL does not use the English words “and,” “or,” “the,” “of,” and “is” to convey information. Instead, these concepts are expressed through facial expressions, role shifting, and pointing.

American Sign Language: "okay"

Just spell the letters "O" and "K." Many people use a slight forward movement. OKAY: This sign refers to something having gone through an approval process and having received an "OK."

American Sign Language (ASL), the sign language used by the deaf community throughout most of North America, has a rich vocabulary of terms, which include profanity. Within deaf culture, there is a distinction drawn between signs used to curse versus signs that are used to describe sexual acts.

How do you sign disapproval in ASL? ›

Signs for DISAPPROVE

Pronunciation/articulation: Dominant, upright 10-handshape (palm in or loosely facing left) downturn with the thumb facing down. To have or express an unfavorable opinion about something.