REVULSIVE Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

revulsive

adjective

Definition of revulsive

as in repulsive

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Adjective

Could it be assimilated into a blue platform—after sloughing off the more repulsive, conspiratorial aspects of Kennedy’s ideology?

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of repulsive

Adjective

Everyone starts tasting the varied, apparently disgusting, bottles.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
The third branch of government did its job, and that should be a welcome sight for all Americans given the disgusting and dangerous attacks on our democracy by the federal government.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of disgusting

Adjective

To say that the vast majority of his views are loathsome to me is an understatement.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
Given French’s loathsome history, Abbott and others in the party establishment worked hard to keep him from winning the Republican nomination, Rice noted.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of loathsome

Adjective

Decide for yourself whether that’s a bold indicator of English football’s superiority over the rest of the world, or a revolting symbol of the bloated and vulgar behemoth that the game has become.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Their dynamic is instead a cudgel to beat the film into an even more revolting shape.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of revolting

Adjective

HinduPACT urged Hindus to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or hateful activity to local law enforcement.

— Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
Voters vehemently rebuked, with some important exceptions, Trump’s hateful policymaking, with Democrats taking both the house and the senate.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of hateful

Adjective

Data centers, despite their odious reputation, can be good for local communities under the right conditions.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 5 Nov. 2026
More than 32 years since the end of the odious apartheid regime, race remains a defining feature of South African politics.

— Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of odious

Adjective

Advertisement In Brazil and South America, outbreaks of a fungus that causes a disfiguring and sometimes fatal skin disease have been sickening cats, dogs, and people.

— Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026
And, of course, leave it to Zendaya to add some sickening vintage to the WNBA Finals.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sickening

Adjective

But Alicia soon begins to suspect that her daughter is one of the children grotesquely stolen from the desaparecidos, dissidents disappeared by the country’s authoritarian junta, and that her husband might be in on the repugnant scheme.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
Trump’s selling Wall Street early access to his Truth Social posts is ethically repugnant, but may be legal, columnist Michael Hiltzik writes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of repugnant

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