revulsion
Americannoun
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a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike.
Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
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a sudden and violent change of feeling or response in sentiment, taste, etc.
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the act of drawing something back or away.
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the fact of being so drawn.
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Medicine/Medical. the diminution of morbid action in one part of the body by irritation in another.
noun
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a sudden and unpleasant violent reaction in feeling, esp one of extreme loathing
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the act or an instance of drawing back or recoiling from something
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obsolete the diversion of disease or congestion from one part of the body to another by cupping, counterirritants, etc
Other Word Forms
- revulsionary adjective
Etymology
Origin of revulsion
1535–45; < Latin revulsiōn- (stem of revulsiō ) a tearing away, equivalent to revuls ( us ) (past participle of revellere to tear away, equivalent to re- re- + vellere to pluck) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Another reason is the overall transformation in many Muslim nations, where excesses of radical rule caused widespread revulsion just as a new, more open-minded and globally connected generation grew up.
They were placed on remand until December 24 pending further investigations into the incident, which sparked widespread revulsion after the footage was shared on social media.
From Barron's
It’s such a humble invitation, almost an afterthought, and yet it’s the first time anyone in the story has offered The Creature anything without fear or revulsion.
From Salon
One man, Garfield, has chosen virtue; another, Conkling, has chosen corruption; the third, Guiteau, has no real choice in the matter but keeps an audience teetering between pity and revulsion.
More a conscious repining at their existence, mixed with revulsion at the thought that she occasionally had to share space with them.
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