revulsive

Definition of revulsivenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revulsive
Adjective
  • And Mary’s electric, palpably physical pursuit of justice becomes even more crucial in the final act, after a grotesque display of performative mockery toward Māori culture fractures the last remnants of civility present amid one of Cole’s lavish-yet-repulsive gatherings.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • However repulsive the allegations leveled at Gaiman, there’s no getting rid of him.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • Both are also, objectively speaking, disgusting.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Adjective
  • Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
  • Helping the audience understand loathsome people without understanding them is a more subtle, if equally essential, inheritance.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Babies and toddlers will put just about anything in their mouths, including objects that adults find profoundly revolting.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • The revolting legacy of the pedophile trafficker Jeffrey Epstein continues to unmask the obstacles to finding truth.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The symbols that were represented are antisemitic and hateful to every person of conscience; this appalling act violated our sense of community and solidarity.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Rookie said she was disappointed by some of the hateful comments directed at her body and her age.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • The film’s most odious villain is Orde Wingate (Robert Aramayo), a British Army captain and Christian Zionist who leads the brutal crackdowns on Palestinian villages.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • These efforts may not spell the end of Iran’s odious, oppressive regime.
    Dennis Ross, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026
  • So united and powerful were these Indigenous people that some of their enemies started to get desperate, that whiff of anxiety taking on a sickening stench.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Adjective
  • This state has had some awful governors, but none in modern times ever attempted anything so repugnant as exposing more children to deadly diseases, as DeSantis has.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This state has had some awful governors, but none in modern times ever attempted anything so repugnant as exposing more children to deadly diseases, as DeSantis has.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Revulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revulsive. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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