repugnance
Americannoun
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the state of being repugnant.
-
strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy.
- Antonyms:
- liking, attraction
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contradictoriness or inconsistency.
- Synonyms:
- irreconcilability, incompatibility, contrariety
- Antonyms:
- compatibility
Related Words
See dislike.
Etymology
Origin of repugnance
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin repugnantia, equivalent to repugn ( āre ) to repugn + -antia -ance
Example Sentences
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The rest of the world, which recoils in repugnance at whom we have become, does not take us seriously.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2022
You regard that history with repugnance, and no doubt your friends would say they share that sentiment.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2021
Drive drooor from the fresh repugnance, thou whole,
From Washington Post • May 7, 2020
It highlights his father’s repugnance for “prejudices toward women, race and creed,” Cash says.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2019
And in the same passage he marked, The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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