i Register
In some senses, revulsion is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
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, […]
A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
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.