repugnance

  • 21repugnance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dislike, aversion, antipathy, disgust; inconsistency, contradictoriness; opposition. See hate. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. aversion, antipathy, disgust, distaste; see aversion , hatred 1 , objection 1 .… …

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  • 22repugnance — re|pug|nance [rıˈpʌgnəns] n [U] formal a strong feeling of dislike for something = ↑disgust …

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  • 23repugnance — re|pug|nance [ rı pʌgnəns ] noun uncount FORMAL a strong feeling of disliking someone or something that you think is extremely unpleasant or offensive …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24repugnance — re·pug·nance || rɪ pÊŒgnÉ™ns n. offensiveness, disgustingness; contradictoriness, inconsistency; aversion, revulsion, sense of disgust …

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  • 25repugnance — n. 1. Contrariety, inconsistency, incompatibility, irreconcilableness, unsuitableness. 2. Opposition, resistance, struggle, contest. 3. Unwillingness, aversion, hatred, reluctance, dislike, antipathy, hostility …

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  • 26repugnance — n 1. revulsion, repulsion, nausea, queasiness; obnoxiousness, fulsomeness, noisomeness; distaste, disrelish, disgust, offense. 2. aversion, disapprobation, opposition, objection, rejection, disapproval, disfavor, resistance; reluctance,… …

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  • 27repugnance — re·pug·nance …

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  • 28repugnance — UK [rɪˈpʌɡnəns] / US noun [uncountable] formal a strong feeling of disliking someone or something that you think is extremely unpleasant or offensive …

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  • 29repugnance — re•pug•nance [[t]rɪˈpʌg nəns[/t]] also re•pug′nan•cy n. 1) the state of being repugnant 2) strong distaste or aversion 3) contradictoriness or inconsistency …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30repugnance — /rəˈpʌgnəns/ (say ruh pugnuhns) noun 1. the state of being repugnant. 2. objection, distaste, or aversion. 3. contradictoriness or inconsistency. Also, repugnancy. {Middle English repugnaunce, from French} …