noun
revulsion
rih-VUHL-shuhn
noun
1
A strong feeling of disgust or repugnance.
"She felt revulsion at the sight of the rotting food."
"The public reacted with revulsion to news of the scandal."
How to Use Revulsion
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishIntense disgust — a strong, gut-level reaction against something.
Common pairings
a sense of revulsion
react with revulsion
feelings of revulsion
Word Forms
revulsions plural
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Etymology
Partly from Middle French révulsion and partly directly from Latin revulsio, "a tearing away".