Usually means: Strong disgust or aversion; loathing.
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  1. repugnance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. repugnance: Merriam-Webster
  3. repugnance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. repugnance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. repugnance: Collins English Dictionary
  6. repugnance: Vocabulary.com
  7. Repugnance, repugnance: Wordnik
  8. repugnance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. repugnance: Wiktionary
  10. repugnance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. repugnance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. repugnance: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Repugnance, repugnance: Dictionary.com
  14. Repugnance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. repugnance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. repugnance: Rhymezone
  17. Repugnance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. repugnance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. repugnance: FreeDictionary.org
  20. repugnance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. repugnance: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (repugnance)

▸ noun:  Extreme aversion, repulsion.
▸ noun:  Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.

Similar:
revulsion, horror, repulsion, aversion, abhorrence, loathing, abomination, disgust, hatred, antipathy, more...

Opposite:
attraction, appeal, liking, fondness

Phrases:
moral repugnance, Wisdom of repugnance, regard with repugnance, feels deep repugnance or contempt, repugnance or hatred, more...

Adjectives:
natural, great, invincible, strong, instinctive, moral, extreme, certain, much, physical, deep

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    olive,     bile,     mustard,     khaki,     chartreuse, more...

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Similar:
revulsion, horror, repulsion, aversion, abhorrence, loathing, abomination, disgust, hatred, antipathy, more...

Opposite:
attraction, appeal, liking, fondness

Phrases:
moral repugnance, Wisdom of repugnance, regard with repugnance, feels deep repugnance or contempt, repugnance or hatred, mild repugnance, more...

Adjectives:
natural, great, invincible, strong, instinctive, moral, extreme, certain, much, physical, deep

Colors:
    olive,     bile,     mustard,     khaki,     chartreuse, more...



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