Vocabulary
Revulsion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a sense of disgust and loathing.
Urdu meaning
بغاوت، ذہنی انقلاب، احساس، شدید جذباتی ردعمل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- His worst moments come when he appreciates US and Israel as `liberal democracies`, revealing his revulsion to the Palestinian cause.
- Rakhal Das Haldar was a student at the University College London and presented an account of the revulsion of the colonised.
- When TTP terrorists struck the APS in Peshawar a decade ago, there was worldwide revulsion at the fact that the militants had slaughtered over 140 people, primarily minors.
- It is true that the majority of Britons view the recent events with revulsion.
- This incident will hardly win sympathy for the separatists` cause, and, will, in fact, lead to revulsion at the brutality involved.
Synonyms
disgust, repulsion, abhorrence, repugnance, nausea, loathing, horror
Curator example
“news of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion”
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