Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror
(noun) intense aversion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
revulsion (usually uncountable, plural revulsions)
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
(medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
(obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
(obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*vul"sion, n. Etym: [F. révulsion, L. revulsio, fr. revellere, revulsum, to pluck or pull away; pref. re- re- + vellere to pull. Cf. Convulse.]
1. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal. "Revulsions and pullbacks." SSir T. Brovne.
2. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings. A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed. Macaulay.
3. (Med.)
Definition: The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.