verb
revolt
To make someone feel strong disgust.
The smell of rotting food revolts everyone in the kitchen.
Etymology
Revolt involves turning away or rising against something. Strong disgust is pictured as an inward turning away from what is intolerable.
More examples
- Her casual cruelty revolted him.
- The thought of eating raw liver revolts me.
- Readers were revolted by the graphic descriptions.
Forms
revolt · revolts · revolted · revolting
Similar words
- disgust
- Disgust is more common and covers milder reactions too.
- repel
- Repel emphasizes driving someone away through dislike or disgust.
- sicken
- Sicken often suggests physical nausea as well as disgust.