Synonyms for repugnance
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Noun
1. Disgust — contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such
disgust, abhorrence, revulsion, antipathy, distaste, horror, aversion, hostility, hatred, repulsion, disinclination, inconsistency, reluctance, dislike, opposition, antagonism, enmity, backwardness, contradiction, unwillingness, nausea, incompatibility
Definitions
- n. 1
Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
Forms
- Plural
- repugnances → abhorrences, revulsions, antipathies, distastes…
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Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disgust I don't hate you anymore. Now you just disgust me.
- revulsion Sometimes I'm filled with such revulsion that I spit.
- antipathy I experienced a feeling of antipathy towards the speaker.
- abhorrence I yield to no one in abhorrence of violence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repugnance | steady | |
| disgust | rising | |
| revulsion | rising | |
| antipathy | steady | |
| abhorrence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- horror2, hatred2, nausea3, enmity3
- 7 letters
- dislike2, disgust2
- 8 letters
- aversion3, distaste2
- 9 letters
- hostility4, revulsion3, antipathy4, repulsion
- 10 letters
- opposition4, reluctance3, antagonism5, abhorrence3
- 12 letters
- backwardness3
- 13 letters
- contradiction4, inconsistency5, unwillingness4
- 14 letters
- disinclination5
- 15 letters
- incompatibility7
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horror2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- répugnance
- Italiano
- ripugnanza
- Español
- repugnancia