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revulsive
CIDE DICTIONARY
revulsive, a. [Cf. F. révulsif.].
Causing, or tending to, revulsion. [1913 Webster]
revulsive, n.
That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.) , a revulsive remedy or agent. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
revulsive, adj. & n. Med.
--adj. producing revulsion.
--n. a revulsive substance.
--adj. producing revulsion.
--n. a revulsive substance.
THESAURUS
revulsive
abhorrent, antiphonal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, insurrectionary, invidious, obnoxious, radical, reacting, reactionary, reactive, reflex, reflexive, refluent, repellent, respondent, responding, responsive, retroactionary, retroactive, revolutional, revolutionary, revulsionary, sweeping, transilientROGET THESAURUS
revulsive
Reversion
N reversion, return, revulsion, turning point, turn of the tide, status quo ante bellum, calm before a storm, alternation, inversion, recoil, retreat, regression, retrogression, restoration, relapse, recidivism, atavism, vicinism, reverting, regressive, revulsive, reactionary, retrorse, a rebours.For further exploring for "revulsive" in Webster Dictionary Online