revulsive

adjective

Definition of revulsivenext
as in repulsive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revulsive
  1. repulsive
  2. disgusting
  3. loathsome
  4. revolting
  5. hateful
  6. odious
  7. sickening
  8. repugnant
Adjective
  • But the defense allowed Kentucky to shoot a repulsive 58 percent from the floor and 48 percent from 3-point range, while only snaring five takeaways.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The scent, which at first was sort of fine, very quickly became genuinely repulsive.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of repulsive
Adjective
  • This woman is just an awful, disgusting person in general.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Regardless of who wins, social media will be abuzz with the postgame mayo shower, which is either good comedy or downright disgusting, depending on your tolerance for condiments getting poured on people.
    Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of disgusting
Adjective
  • His name has been cursed on the streets of Sacramento, read off a loathsome strip of paper tucked under the windshield wiper: Grant Nakamura.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Indy’s reverence for art was hardly shared by the Nazis, who in the game are most notably represented by a loathsome archaeologist nemesis called Emmerich Voss.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of loathsome
Adjective
  • How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
  • These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
Definition of revolting
Adjective
  • There’s no legal argument to be made against this turn away from fact-checking and towards a more freewheeling, more disinformation-laden, more confusing, more hateful and less illuminating approach.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • With Zuckerberg’s decision to rescind policies barring hateful speech, he’s made clear that distinction is worth the possibility of political clout come Inauguration Day.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • And Moscow, by now having shed its concern with its international reputation, is likely to become even less constrained in its willingness to aid even the most odious of regimes.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
  • That closeness is a testament to the skills of case officers, especially considering that spies regularly engage and build rapport with individuals who pose threats to American safety—criminals, terrorists, diplomats from the world’s most odious regimes.
    Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of odious
Adjective
  • While the American food supply is among the safest in the world, the Food and Drug Administration estimates that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually – the equivalent of sickening 1 in 6 Americans each year.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Los Angeles County is suing the owner of Chiquita Canyon Landfill for failing to control a high-temperature chemical reaction that is cooking garbage and sickening nearby residents.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • Treating the tragedies of others like a spectator sport is almost always repugnant, but the calculating Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy) and Ted Bundy fan girl-type Clémentine (Laurie Babin) approach the perverse pastime from opposite ends of the attention-seeking spectrum.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The killing of a human being is morally repugnant — full stop.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of repugnant
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