revulsive

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adjective

Causing revulsion.

OriginMiddle French révulsif →
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Meanings

adjectiverevulsive (comparative more revulsive, superlative most revulsive)

comparative more revulsive · superlative most revulsive

  1. Causing revulsion.

    It was so clearly a bad idea. It had certainly given her enough squirming, revulsive qualms, before she’d done it.

    2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 29
nounrevulsive (plural revulsives)

plural revulsives

  1. medicineThat which causes revulsion; a revulsive remedy or agent.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
revulsant

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchrévulsif
  2. Englishrevulsive

From Middle French révulsif.

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Translations

Italian revulsivo
  • revulsivocausing revulsion
Spanish revulsivo, revulsorio
  • revulsivocausing revulsion
  • revulsoriocausing revulsion
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APA

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MLA

“revulsive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revulsive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revulsive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revulsive.

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