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Adjective
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Or what would be attractive or repulsive to a researcher.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026 -
Researchers gained clues as to why some people taking GLP-1 drugs experience shifts in their favorite foods—suddenly finding meats repulsive or fried foods too heavy.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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By modern standards, kind of disgusting.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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But stepping into that closet was really disgusting.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Dec. 2025
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The statement infuriated some members of the LGBTQ+ community — a sizable segment of her fan base — for whom Kirk was a loathsome and dangerous figure.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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This revolting behavior is not limited to the media.—
Brooke L. Rollins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The many physically revolting and morally repellent acts that ensue amount to little but a gross-out joke.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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West has previously apologized to the Jewish community, only to go on to make offensive and hateful remarks directed at them publicly.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Dearborn is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US and has frequently faced Islamophobic and hateful remarks.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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And much of the international order is an attempt to avert messes, even by letting odious and illegitimate governments stay in power, because messes can be odious too.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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First having hosted in the far off era of 2011, the Bridesmaid actress’ 2017 appearance cemented her legacy in political comedy as then-odious White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Up north, hundreds of sea lions have been found on beaches in recent months suffering from a bacterial condition that is sickening and killing younger sea lions by attacking their kidneys, said John Warner, CEO of the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles in San Pedro.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Winter is coming, and no amount of Narcan can solve this sickening public health crisis.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Montgomery also insisted that Billy get a more complex backstory that helped explain his repugnant behavior, especially toward Max and Lucas in the second season.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Rieff also invokes sickness in another sense, denoting that which is morally repugnant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Revulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revulsive. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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