revulsed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of revulsed
1930–35; obsolete revulse (< Latin revulsus, or back formation from revulsion, etc.) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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"The entire community is revulsed about it, so if they want to prove to the community, they want to prove to the government, then give these people up."
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
Many of them served in the military and are revulsed by Hamas’ assault.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
He’s revulsed by his youthful violations, and you know it won’t happen again.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2015
He was revulsed by all the crassness, goes the litany.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a single hour, the whole process of thought, the whole ebb and flow of emotion, may be revulsed for the rest of an existence.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 488, May 7, 1831 by Various
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