CHURN UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does churn up mean? 

• CHURN UP (verb)
  The verb CHURN UP has 1 sense:

1. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

  Familiarity information: CHURN UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHURN UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken

Context example:

The pornographic pictures sickened us

Hypernyms (to "churn up" is one way to...):

repel; repulse (be repellent to; cause aversion in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "churn up"):

appal; appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock (strike with disgust or revulsion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to churn up Sue