revulsion

noun

/rɪˈvʌlʃn/

[uncountable, singular] (formal)

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a strong feeling of horror synonym disgust, repugnance
- Most people viewed the bombings with revulsion.
- revulsion at something She felt a deep sense of revulsion at the violence.
- revulsion against something I started to feel a revulsion against their decadent lifestyle.
see also revolt
Extra Examples
- He was filled with hatred and revulsion for everything about her.
- She seems to feel revulsion towards her own children.
- The children shrank back from him in revulsion.
- The killing caused widespread revulsion.
- public revulsion against violence in our society
Topics Feelingsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- utter
- widespread
- …
verb + revulsion
- be filled with
- feel
- cause
- …
preposition
- in revulsion
- with revulsion
- revulsion against
- …
phrases
- a feeling of revulsion
- a sense of revulsion
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in a medical sense): from French, or from Latin revulsio(n-), from revuls- ‘torn out’, from the verb revellere (from re- ‘back’ + vellere ‘pull’). The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.

单词	revulsion
释义	revulsion noun /rɪˈvʌlʃn/ /rɪˈvʌlʃn/ [uncountable, singular] (formal) jump to other results a strong feeling of horror synonym disgust, repugnance Most people viewed the bombings with revulsion. revulsion at something She felt a deep sense of revulsion at the violence. revulsion against something I started to feel a revulsion against their decadent lifestyle. see also revolt Extra Examples He was filled with hatred and revulsion for everything about her. She seems to feel revulsion towards her own children. The children shrank back from him in revulsion. The killing caused widespread revulsion. public revulsion against violence in our society Topics Feelingsc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective deep utter widespread … verb + revulsion be filled with feel cause … preposition in revulsion with revulsion revulsion against … phrases a feeling of revulsion a sense of revulsion See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in a medical sense): from French, or from Latin revulsio(n-), from revuls- ‘torn out’, from the verb revellere (from re- ‘back’ + vellere ‘pull’). The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.
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