Revulsion
[rɪ'vʌlʃ(ə)n] or [rɪ'vʌlʃən]
Definition
(n.) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
(n.) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
(n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Withdrawal, drawing back.[2]. Reaction, change, transition.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Revolution, abhorrence, estrangement, antagonism
ANT:Coincidence, harmony, acquiescence, sympathy, reconcilement, familiarity, reciprocity
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Definition
n. disgust: the diverting of a disease from one part to another: forced separation: a sudden change esp. of feeling: a counter-irritant.—adj. Revul′sive tending to revulsion.—n. Revul′sor an apparatus for applying heat and cold in turns for medical purposes.
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Examples
- Gerald looked at him, and with a slight revulsion saw the human animal, golden skinned and bare, somehow humiliating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A little shock, a storm of revulsion against him, shook Hermione unconsciously. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He stood away in revulsion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had naturally repressed much, and some revulsion might have been expected in him when the occasion for repression was gone. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They experienced a violent revulsion towards that policy of isolation that had broken down in 1917. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then there started a revulsion from Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gerty's first movement was one of revulsion. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The revulsion of thought passed like keen steel to my heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was frightened by his gaiety, for she dreaded a greater revulsion at the end. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was all she could do to restrain her revulsion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The revulsion was so strong and painful in Dorothea's mind that the tears welled up and flowed abundantly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She knew at once, and was shaken with cold revulsion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The revulsion of feeling in Dorothea was too strong to be called joy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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