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revulsions

revulsions is the plural of revulsion.

Meaning of revulsion

Noun

revulsion (usually uncountable, plural revulsions)

  1. (usually) Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
  2. (usually) A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
  3. (usually) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
  4. (obsolete, usually) 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.c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “Sect[ion] X”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius...
  5. (obsolete, usually) 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.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Result”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 234

Questions about revulsions

What is revulsions the plural of?
Revulsions is the plural of revulsion.

Words near revulsions in the dictionary

  1. revulsed
  2. revulses
  3. revulsing
  4. revulsion
  5. revulsionary
  6. revulsions
  7. revulsive
  8. revulsives
  9. revulsor
  10. revulsors
  11. revumenib

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