revulsion
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horrorAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
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» Don't look at me with revulsion.
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5 senses(uncountable, usually)Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
Abscheu, Widerwille
отвраще́ниеotvraščénije
intense aversion
(uncountable, usually)A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
Ekel, Ekelgefühl
отвраще́ниеotvraščénije
(uncountable, usually)The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
Ableitung, Revulsio
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
Examples
10 sentencesDon't look at me with revulsion.
I always view this photo with revulsion.
Tom has a natural revulsion towards weirdos with bad hobbies.
I was so overcome with revulsion that I had to be sick.
deMich überkam eine solche Abscheu, dass ich mich übergeben musste. — al_ex_an_der
I was so overcome with revulsion that I had to throw up.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
Partly from Middle French révulsion and partly from Latin revulsiō.Partly from Middle French révulsion and partly from Latin revulsiō.
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Forms
plural: revulsions| Singular | revulsion |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- intense aversion:repugnancerepulsionhorror
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.