Definition of revulsion
1 : a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal
2a : a sudden or strong reaction or changeb : a sense of utter distaste or repugnance
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Examples of revulsion in a Sentence
She was struck with revulsion at the sight of the dead animal.
a growing revulsion to war
Recent Examples of revulsion from the Web
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Praise poured in from across the country for the men who tried to help the young girls, as well as revulsion at Christian's words.
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The novel explores a spectrum of racial attitudes - from sympathy to fascination to outright revulsion.
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For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.
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Her stories convey a hostility, even a revulsion, toward figures of masculine authority.
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Dolly may have been cloned in Scotland, but the idea of human cloning is met with widespread revulsion here.
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Origin and Etymology of revulsion
Latin revulsion-, revulsio act of tearing away, from revellere to pluck away, from re- + vellere to pluck — more at vulnerable
First Known Use: 1609
REVULSION Defined for English Language Learners
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: a very strong feeling of dislike or disgust
REVULSION Defined for Kids
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: a strong feeling of dislike or disgust
Medical Dictionary
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playMedical Definition of revulsion
: alleviation of a localized disease by treatment (as with counterirritants) of an adjacent region
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