revulsive

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From Middle French révulsif.

Causing revulsion.

It was so clearly a bad idea. It had certainly given her enough squirming, revulsive qualms, before she’d done it.2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 29:

noun

Etymology From Middle French révulsif.

Medicine, Sciences That which causes revulsion; a revulsive remedy or agent.

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