revulsive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for revulsive
Adjective
  • The cupcake, nevertheless, looks repulsive.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But the idea of cloning my father’s voice is repulsive to me.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This behavior is disgusting and they should be fired.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And yet … those conversations are also entertainingly provocative, and they’re accompanied by some of the scariest and most disgusting scenes the series has delivered up to now.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Maxwell comes off as both pathetic and loathsome.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • Political analyst Matthew Dowd took to MSNBC to say that Kirk’s hateful words had led to hateful actions.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, Cartman is irate that Trump has stolen his hateful, vindictive shtick.
    Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But no matter how unfettered or odious a character’s choices may be, when the writing is good, there’s an intentionality behind it.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Even the sweet, saintly Jimmy Carter, who cancelled a number of the agency’s more odious operations, signed a covert-action order to send weapons to resistance groups after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
    Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • The sickening moment of Kirk's murder was captured on video and has been viewed by tens of millions of people.
    Melissa Galbraith, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The song comments on the sickening glee that’s been spread in some corners in the aftermath of Kirk’s death.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For many people, the idea that consciousness is a set of tricks is offensive or repugnant.
    Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In Washington until recently, Dan Snyder as an NFL owner of repugnant reputation.
    Greg Cote August 5, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Revulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revulsive. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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