REPUGNANCE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

repugnance

noun

ri-ˈpəg-nən(t)s

Definition of repugnance

as in disgust

a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness could barely contain her repugnance of frogs and nearly threw up when she found out we'd have to dissect one in science class

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Recent Examples of repugnance In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism. — Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2024 The series gets darker and more grotesque as the season progresses, and our uncomfortable laughter eventually fades into a grimace of repugnance. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 July 2023 Though historically dubious, Thirteentherism is rhetorically useful in mobilizing moral repugnance at chattel slavery to protest present-day prison conditions, as if current abuses aren’t sufficient cause for indignation. — Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022 Some combination of awe and repugnance and confusion that she’s spent so many of her obviously prodigious talents spinning stories for men who need their stories spun. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2020 The debate still rages, fuelled more by the wisdom of repugnance than by data. — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2010

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Washington lined up in a bid to spike the ball but the clock ticked down to zero, and coach Dan Quinn ripped off his headset in disgust.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
Amateur humiliation content has become widespread on the internet, giving Americans more opportunities than ever to indulge in gleeful disgust or righteous outrage.

— Daniel LaChance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of disgust

Noun

Samantha Sloyan is aware of the distaste for some of her past characters.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
Wiseman says the show has yet to specifically talk about Bram Stoker’s bloodthirsty Count Dracula, but Port says the Halloween episode will discuss the coven’s distaste for vampire stereotypes.

— Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of distaste

Noun

Her controlled world is turned into a site of emotional horror as a new reality dawns, created and dominated by autonomous feelings.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
But while Cartman and Ike are in Sephora, they get enticed into going into the backrooms with an employee, which look straight out of Kane Parsons’ horror film.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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