revulsion
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Several ads trafficked in revulsion as an attention-getter, none more so than this one for a body shaver featuring various clumps of removed body hair singing with their little hairy mouths.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
They were placed on remand until December 24 pending further investigations into the incident, which sparked widespread revulsion after the footage was shared on social media.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
It’s such a humble invitation, almost an afterthought, and yet it’s the first time anyone in the story has offered The Creature anything without fear or revulsion.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
More a conscious repining at their existence, mixed with revulsion at the thought that she occasionally had to share space with them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
He could come through other people’s tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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