revulsion
noun
1 revulsion
Intense aversion.
synonyms: horror, repugnance, repulsion.
Roget 145:
reversion,
return;
revulsion.
turning point,
turn of the tide;
status quo ante bellum;
calm before a storm.
alternation
etc.
(periodicity)
138;
inversion
etc.
219;
recoil
etc.
277;
retreat,
regression,
retrogression
etc.
283;
restoration
etc.
660;
relapse,
recidivism
etc.
661;
atavism;
vicinism†;
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Roget 146:
revolution,
bouleversement,
subversion,
break up;
destruction
etc.
162;
sudden change,
radical change,
sweeping organic change;
change of state,
phase change;
quantum leap,
quantum jump;
clean sweep,
coup d'etat [Fr.],
counter revolution.
jump,
leap,
plunge,
jerk,
start,
transilience†;
explosion;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe,
revulsion;
storm,
earthquake,
cataclysm.
legerdemain
etc.
(trick)
545.
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Roget 218:
inversion,
eversion,
subversion,
reversion,
retroversion,
introversion;
contraposition
etc.
237†;
contrariety
etc.
14;
reversal;
turn of the tide.
overturn;
somersault,
somerset;
summerset†;
culbute†;
revulsion;
pirouette.
transposition,
transposal†,
anastrophy†,
metastasis,
hyperbaton†,
anastrophe†,
hysteron proteron [Gr.],
hypallage†,
synchysis†,
tmesis†,
parenthesis;
metathesis;
palindrome.
pronation and supination [Anat.].
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Roget 277:
recoil;
reaction,
retroaction;
revulsion;
bounce,
rebound,
ricochet;
repercussion,
recalcitration†;
kick,
contrecoup [Fr.];
springing back
etc.
v.;
elasticity
etc.
325;
reflection,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflex,
reflux;
reverberation
etc.
(resonance)
408;
rebuff,
repulse;
return.
ducks and drakes;
boomerang;
spring,
reactionist†.
elastic collision,
coefficient of restitution.
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Dutch: afkeer, aversie, afgrijzen, afschuw, gruwel
Moby thesaurus: abhorrence, abomination, about-face, action and reaction, answer, antipathy, automatic reaction, autonomic reaction, aversion, backing, backsliding, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, bounceback, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean slate, clean sweep, computer revolution, convulsion, counterrevolution, debacle, detestation, disenchantment, disgust, echo, ectropion, eversion, execration, flip-flop, hate, hatred, horror, introversion, intussusception, invagination, inversion, lapse, loathing, odium, overthrow, overturn, palace revolution, predictable response, pronation, radical change, reaction, recidivation, recidivism, reclamation, reconversion, reflection, reflex, reflex action, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relapse, reply, repugnance, repulsion, respondence, response, restitution, restoration, resupination, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return, returning, reverberation, reversal, reverse, reversing, reversion, reverting, revolt, revolution, revolutionary war, rise, slipping back, spasm, striking alteration, subversion, supination, sweeping change, tabula rasa, technological revolution, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, total change, transilience, transposal, transposition, turn, turnabout, turning back, turning backwards, turning inside out, turning inward, turning over, unthinking response, upset, violent change ... show more.
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