[U,sing.] ~ (at / against / from sth) (formal) a strong feeling of disgust or horror:
a feeling / look of revulsion * She felt a deep sense of revulsion at the violence. * I started to feel a revulsion against their decadent lifestyle. * Most people viewed the bombings with revulsion.
seealsoREVOLT
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