Revulsion

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
  • n. A withdrawing or turning away from something.
  • n. Medicine Counterirritation used to reduce inflammation or increase the blood supply to the affected area.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror
  • n. A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
  • n. The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
  • n. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
  • n. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
  • n. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
  • n. The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of pulling or drawing away; abstraction; forced separation.
  • n. In medicine, the diminution of morbid action in one locality by developing it artificially in another, as by counter-irritation.
  • n. A sudden or violent change, particularly a change of feeling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. intense aversion
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disgust   
    Cross Reference
    revulsive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    withdrawal    shrink    reaction   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    loathe    dismay    repulsion    disbelief    uneasiness    dislike    exasperation    anguish    unease    resentment