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revulsion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | horror, repugnance, repulsion |
| Type of | disgust |
Examples of revulsion
revulsion
Their quest for an afterlife was partly driven by revulsion against materialism.
From the guardian.co.uk
For much of the year, populist revulsion at Wall Street greed has been palpable.
From the time.com
His 1940s paintings expressed a widely felt revulsion against recent atrocities.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
It is the revulsion of families up and down the land as to what they got up to.
From the telegraph.co.uk
After a wave of popular revulsion, a junta sent the general into exile in 1957.
From the time.com
Amis is determined to make even the most complacent reader share his revulsion.
From the washingtonpost.com
Still, watching him speak, I couldn't help but feel something close to revulsion.
From the jsonline.com
This is watched in horror by his court and revulsion by his young queen Isabella.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The reaction in some corners of the industry has been something like revulsion.
From the nytimes.com
- Repugnance: intense aversion
- A sudden violent feeling of disgust; The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation
- (Revulsive) A substance that causes counter-irritation to reduce inflammation or increases the blood supply to the affected area.
