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/ɹɪˈvʌlʃən/ · noun
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror..
To run on in deſpight of the Revulſions and Pul-backs of ſuch Remora’s aggravates our tranſgreſſions.
The recent financial revulsion has revealed the feeble basis on which credit now stands, […]
We resolve, and our resolutions melt away with a word and a look: we are the toys of an emotion. And yet I think Norbourne was right in his sudden revulsion in favour of his uncle. We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse.
A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the parliament and in the country, followed.
Use revulsion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Revulsion means Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror..
Common synonyms include repulsion, repugnance, horror.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To run on in deſpight of the Revulſions and Pul-backs of ſuch Remora’s aggravates our tranſgreſſions.
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