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
  • Exciting, repulsive and beautiful in equal measure, this feels like something the writer-director has been working toward since his unsettling 2016 debut feature, The Witch.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Figuring out exactly what is so repulsive about ketchup could also be helpful, Goldberg said.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of repulsive
Adjective
  • That ends up dislodging the disgusting foreign item in Larry's throat.
    Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Leigh goes for the gags in this one, from Broadbent’s workplace pratfall to friend of the family Aubrey’s (Timothy Spall) disgusting new restaurant.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of disgusting
Adjective
  • More than a quarter of a century later, Foster will step onto that same field Saturday night needing to prove himself anew against another team wearing the loathsome cardinal and gold.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Denzel Washington was gruesomely low down in the dirt as a cop willing to wield his privilege against vulnerable Black and brown communities in 2001’s admittedly loathsome Training Day.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 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
  • The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently said that X failed to remove nearly 86% of 300 hateful posts a week after the organization reported them.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, there’s the late-to-the-party Johnny (Christopher Sears), a free-spirited recovering heroin addict who brings along his fellow 12-stepper Loren (Barbie Ferreira), the outsider and truth-teller whose appalled at the hateful religious vitriol spewed by Diana.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • As is consistent across American life, the only way to hold a corporation like Spotify accountable for its inequitable distribution model and odious use of A.I. is to deny it access to your wallet and personal data.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
  • By publicly and privately drawing attention to the institution of slavery and those enslaved, especially in Southern cities and plantations, Lafayette was making his position known and trying to hasten the end of the odious practice.
    Elizabeth M. Reese / Made by History, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of odious
Adjective
  • Reviews of the film at the time tended to single out the career-best performance of Jason Patric, primarily because, as the aggro, rape-minded workout buddy to Eckhart’s weak-spined Barry, Patric’s is the showiest and most sickening role.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • The authorities, however, who were repugnant then and are even more so now, are afraid not of honest people but of those who are not afraid of them.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Stone’s outlaw bikers are convincing enough to not be cartoonish but aren’t repugnant in their piggishness.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
Definition of repugnant
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