to revulse

Examples

• All

• Studying the lurid psychedelic posters advertising PLASTICA! that vaguely amused him revulsed him.

  Fiction book (1997)

• "You revulse me."

  Fiction book (2001)

• The dissecting room had revulsed him, not aroused him.

  Fiction book (2002)

• For those veterans who survived the Great War, they had every right to detest and be revulsed by the unfettered slaughter of the trenches.

  Academic text (2005)

• Their natural inclination may have been to vote Democratic, but in assessing the performance of Obama and congressional Democrats, they were rightfully revulsed and could not bring themselves to support one.

  Blog text (4)

• The graphic images of the accident revulsed the viewers, leaving them in shock.

• Many people were revulsed by the cruelty shown in the documentary about animal abuse.

• She felt revulsed after reading the details of the scandal that involved deceit and betrayal.

Synonyms

S

to shock

vsto revulse

202 2.1

To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress

adds stronger feelings of disgust and a sharp alarming reaction

H

to horrify

vsto revulse

90 4.3

Make someone feel very shocked, afraid, or disgusted

focuses more on very sudden shocking reaction that also disgusts

D

to disgust

vsto revulse

83 2.1

To make someone feel strong dislike and sick because something is offensive

adds a rapid shocking or horrifying reaction beyond steady revulsion

A

to appall

vsto revulse

64 5.5

To make someone feel shocked and very upset by something cruel or wrong

is more sudden and combines that deep disturbance with sharp disgust

R

to revolt

vsto revulse

29 5.3

Make someone feel strong disgust or moral horror

is more sudden and can cause physical shock as well as moral upset

S

to sicken

vsto revulse

27 4.3

Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions

is more sudden and often brings a sharp sense of shock

R

to repulse

vsto revulse

23 6.7

To make someone feel strong dislike or disgust

is more sudden and adds an element of shock as well as aversion

T

to turn one's stomach

vsto revulse

6 7.0

To make you feel sick or disgusted

is more sudden and adds an element of sharp shock or alarm

R

to repel

vsto revulse

5 5.1

Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust

is more sudden and tends to produce a stronger shocked response

N

to nauseate

vsto revulse

3 6.9

To make someone feel sick or disgusted

is more sudden and can include a shocked or horrified reaction

M

to make someone's skin crawl

vsto revulse

• Informal

7.4

Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling

is more sudden and centers more on shock alongside the unease

Antonyms

C

to comfort

172 1.0

To make someone feel less upset or in pain

A

to appease

48 5.8

To calm someone by giving in to their demands

How Disgusted

to appall

64 5.5

to revulse

9.3

to sicken

11 4.1

to offend

524 2.8

to displease

28 4.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology