Repugnance
noun
A strong feeling of dislike or disgust.
He felt a deep repugnance towards his cruel boss.
Often appears as...
- deep repugnance
- feeling of repugnance
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Formal
noun
The act or state of resisting something you dislike.
They showed repugnance to the proposed changes in the law.
Often appears as...
- showed repugnance
- repugnance to changes
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A strong feeling of dislike or disgust.
He felt a deep repugnance towards his cruel boss.
Often appears as...
- deep repugnance
- feeling of repugnance
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The act or state of resisting something you dislike.
They showed repugnance to the proposed changes in the law.
Often appears as...
- showed repugnance
- repugnance to changes
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Repugnance implies a very strong, instinctive reaction, stronger than simple dislike.
The repugnance she felt for the unclean surroundings was overwhelming.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Disgust
It often refers to disgust over something specific, concrete or abstract.
His repugnance at the thought of eating insects was clear.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Feeling
It's a personal feeling, which means that what causes repugnance can vary widely among individuals.
Despite its popularity, she had a repugnance for social media platforms.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Repugnance implies a very strong, instinctive reaction, stronger than simple dislike.
The repugnance she felt for the unclean surroundings was overwhelming.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Disgust
It often refers to disgust over something specific, concrete or abstract.
His repugnance at the thought of eating insects was clear.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Feeling
It's a personal feeling, which means that what causes repugnance can vary widely among individuals.
Despite its popularity, she had a repugnance for social media platforms.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Repugnance implies a very strong, instinctive reaction, stronger than simple dislike.
The repugnance she felt for the unclean surroundings was overwhelming.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Disgust
It often refers to disgust over something specific, concrete or abstract.
His repugnance at the thought of eating insects was clear.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Feeling
It's a personal feeling, which means that what causes repugnance can vary widely among individuals.
Despite its popularity, she had a repugnance for social media platforms.
Compare with
abhorrenceantipathyaversiondetestationdisgustdistastehatredloatheodiumrevulsion
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What really matters at...
rather than repugnance. Contrast that with the typical experience in the hospital setting, much like this -- floodlit room lined with tubes and beeping machines and blinking lights that don't stop even when the patient's life has.
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What really matters at...
rather than repugnance. Contrast that with the typical experience in the hospital setting, much like this -- floodlit room lined with tubes and beeping machines and blinking lights that don't stop even when the patient's life has.
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Quote examples
John Lanchester
British Journalist
We can all instinctively understand the idea of life insurance; most of us will feel an instinctive repugnance at the thought of the viatical industry, or 'dead peasants insurance.' As market thinking penetrated the life insurance industry, a moral line was crossed, and the application of market ideas was taken too far.
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Evangelista Torricelli
Italian Scientist
Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?
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Evangelista Torricelli
Italian Scientist
Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature.
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John Lanchester
British Journalist
We can all instinctively understand the idea of life insurance; most of us will feel an instinctive repugnance at the thought of the viatical industry, or 'dead peasants insurance.' As market thinking penetrated the life insurance industry, a moral line was crossed, and the application of market ideas was taken too far.
Quote examples
Evangelista Torricelli
Italian Scientist
Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?
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Evangelista Torricelli
Italian Scientist
Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature.
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