Synonyms for repulsion
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Noun
1. Revulsion
revulsion, loathing, repugnance, disgust, aversion, antipathy, horror, abhorrence, detestation, abomination
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
Forms
- Plural
- repulsions → revulsions, loathings, repugnances, aversions…
Example sentences
- disgust I don't hate you anymore. Now you just disgust me.
- loathing I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.
- revulsion Sometimes I'm filled with such revulsion that I spit.
- repugnance I cannot overcome my repugnance to eating snails.
- repulse They failed to repulse our attack.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repulsion | steady | |
| disgust | rising | |
| loathing | rising | |
| revulsion | rising | |
| repugnance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- horror2
- 7 letters
- disgust2, repulse2
- 8 letters
- loathing2, aversion3
- 9 letters
- revulsion3, antipathy4
- 10 letters
- abhorrence3, repugnance, repellency
- 11 letters
- abomination5, detestation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horror2 = 2 syllables).