revulsion
revulsion Lexical Profile
revulsion Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A sense of utter disgust, loathing, or strong visceral aversion toward something unpleasant or offensive.
"She looked at the spoiled food with a sudden wave of revulsion."
A sudden, violent change or withdrawal of feeling, reaction, or sentiment.
"The public experienced a sharp revulsion of sentiment against the war."
A medical treatment aimed at diverting blood or disease from one part of the body to another, such as by applying a counterirritant.
"Nineeenth-century physicians frequently practiced revulsion by applying mustard plasters to draw inflammation away from internal organs."
• Rhymes for revulsion
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Middle French révulsion, from Latin revulsio ('a tearing or plucking away'), derived from revellere ('to pluck back or pull away'), originally used in medicine before shifting to mean a sudden recoil of feeling.