as in repulsive
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Adjective
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And as this process puts more space between those galaxies, the repulsive force only strengthens, speeding up the expansion of the universe.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025 -
Anyone with an aversion to physical and mental torture will likely find Dangerous Animals a repulsive turnoff, but others with a taste for grisly violence should find something juicy to chomp on.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Conrad wraps the conversation by being incredibly disgusting about Bella’s nether regions.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
1 June 2025
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For the next 200 years, snails only appeared in Parisian cookbooks alongside an apology for including such a disgusting ingredient.—
Garritt C. Van Dyk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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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,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Black said the synagogue has received hateful emails and phone calls.—
Rosario Del Valle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Day was facing an immense amount of hateful comments and calls for him to be fired.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The real story is how this odious amendment to a congressional budget proposal was slipped in at the last minute, with no debate, no clear budgetary purpose, no public process, and apparently against the wishes of people who live among the public lands that will be sold.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2025
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Parties that are unpopular or followed by just a few yahoos, such as the odious right-wing National Democratic Party, do not rise to the level of banning.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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But the defense is hoping to cast her recollections merely as sickening details in a deranged love story between two consenting and jealous adults.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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For years, raw sewage from Mexico has poured across the border into Southern California, fouling beaches, sickening residents and sparking diplomatic as well as environmental concerns.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 May 2025
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Committed health care workers, who by nature wish to first care and nurture those in need, find this especially repugnant.—
Roxey Nelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The election results suggest that most Germans find these views, or the impulse to base a political party on them, repugnant.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
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“Revulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revulsive. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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