as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
the publication of the autopsy photos prompted expressions of outrage and revulsion
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Recent Examples of revulsion
These critiques were made during a time of growing revulsion against slum clearance and heavy-handed urban-renewal attempts; the reentry of the creative classes to city centers was only beginning to gain notice.
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Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
This was true even before ICE and Border Patrol agents shot and killed two protesters in Minnesota in the past two weeks, violence that has provoked widespread revulsion.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
The perception is that the police and military don’t feel empowered to fully discharge their duties given lingering public revulsion at their role in the July uprising.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
In the face of such widespread public revulsion, the administration and its enablers have been trying to invent a terrorist threat to justify their increasingly unpopular siege of Minneapolis.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
This was true even before ICE and Border Patrol agents shot and killed two protesters in Minnesota in the past two weeks, violence that has provoked widespread revulsion.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
The perception is that the police and military don’t feel empowered to fully discharge their duties given lingering public revulsion at their role in the July uprising.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
In the face of such widespread public revulsion, the administration and its enablers have been trying to invent a terrorist threat to justify their increasingly unpopular siege of Minneapolis.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revulsion
Noun
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Sigmund Freud believed that every crush has a strand of disgust, that people are attracted to what repulses them.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the days and weeks following the Hamas massacre of innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023, students and colleagues alike in his academic community posted fiery condemnations of and expressions of moral disgust toward … Israel.—
Jesse Brown,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What was disturbing were people who sped past a foot away from elderly people, shouting obscenities with faces twisted in hatred.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Këkht Aräkh is not unique in his loneliness; the pain of being alone is as thematically central to DSBM as the hatred of Christianity.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The plot attends both to twentieth-century horrors, such as Ukraine’s Holodomor, and to what Reed saw coming, in social media’s incessant threat to our inner life.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the horror sequel, Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Lail return to face new foes as well the old murderous animatronic animals of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Revulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revulsion. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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