revulsive
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Example Sentences
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His pre-emptive legal action strongly denied her allegations, labelling them "revulsive and untrue".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Huxley's original story is both inspired by and a revulsive reaction to the society-wide fascination with science and the technological advancement ramping up between the two World Wars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2020
This is the only really revulsive show that has opened this season, pretending to a depth and insight that it totally lacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leeches have been applied to the parts mentioned, and over the mastoid processes have sometimes been used with advantage, but their depletory surpasses their revulsive action, and is, so far, injurious.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The combatives swayed to and fro, a revulsive trinity.
From The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Sir Max Beerbohm
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