Revulsive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Revulsive \Re*vul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]vulsif.]
     Causing, or tending to, revulsion.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Revulsive \Re*vul"sive\, n.
     That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive
     remedy or agent.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, transilient