Thesaurus / revulsive
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synonyms for revulsive
- abhorrent
- abominable
- contradictory
- disgusting
- distasteful
- incompatible
- objectionable
- odious
- revolting
- vile
- adverse
- against
- alien
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- averse
- conflicting
- counter
- creepy
- different
- disagreeable
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- foreign
- foul
- hateful
- horrid
- in opposition
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inimical
- invidious
- loathsome
- nasty
- nauseating
- noisome
- offensive
- opposed
- opposite
- repellent
- sickening
- unconformable
- unfitted
- unfriendly
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How to use revulsive in a sentence
Corrosive poisons affect the nerves by a violent revulsive action; and are not to be considered in the same category as medicines.
THE ACTION OF MEDICINES IN THE SYSTEMFREDERICK WILLIAM HEADLANDIts efficacy depends upon the revulsive effect which follows a local destruction of tissue.
THE ACTION OF MEDICINES IN THE SYSTEMFREDERICK WILLIAM HEADLANDIn cupping for revulsive purposes, one cupped on a distant part to relieve excess of blood in the affected part.
BLOODLETTING INSTRUMENTS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGYAUDREY DAVISDry cupping, in its simplest form, was said to act as a “revulsive” or “derivant.”
BLOODLETTING INSTRUMENTS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGYAUDREY DAVISCold affusions and shower baths have been employed for their revulsive and sedative effect in mania.
INSOMNIA; AND OTHER DISORDERS OF SLEEPHENRY M. LYMANThe injected water dilates the constricted portion of the gut and arouses a revulsive impulse to expel the invading water.
INTESTINAL ILLSALCINOUS BURTON JAMISONThe first feeling of Penthesilea, when disillusioned, is of revulsive anger at a kind of betrayal.
SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING; THIRD SERIES, MODERN SYMPHONIESPHILIP H. GOEPPWORDS RELATED TO REVULSIVE
- abhorrent
- abominable
- adverse
- against
- alien
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- averse
- conflicting
- contradictory
- counter
- creepy
- different
- disagreeable
- disgusting
- distasteful
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- foreign
- foul
- hateful
- horrid
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inimical
- invidious
- loathsome
- nasty
- nauseating
- noisome
- objectionable
- odious
- offensive
- opposed
- opposite
- repellent
- revolting
- revulsive
- sickening
- unconformable
- unfitted
- unfriendly
- vile
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.