as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
we giggled at my father, who was overcome with repulsion when he realized he was eating octopus
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Recent Examples of repulsion
The Ukrainian protesters’ primary motives were not nationalist grievances or democratic yearnings but popular repulsion at the unconstrained, arbitrary, and corrupt power of an absolutist sovereign and his retinue.
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Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
These often-intricate performances of attraction and repulsion—in which pincers and antennae play prominent roles—can last hours, and the mating itself as long as 20 hours, at least for one Papua New Guinea species, Tagalina papua.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
But whether your takeaway is repulsion or affection or newfound understanding or the desire to seek out an Instagram-free existence in the wilderness, Social Studies will stick with you.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
The two share a dance of desire and repulsion for nearly three hours as Lee wrestles with drug addiction and heroin withdrawal, and eventually brings Gene along on a wild goose chase through South America to seek out yagé, more commonly known as ayahuasca.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
These often-intricate performances of attraction and repulsion—in which pincers and antennae play prominent roles—can last hours, and the mating itself as long as 20 hours, at least for one Papua New Guinea species, Tagalina papua.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
But whether your takeaway is repulsion or affection or newfound understanding or the desire to seek out an Instagram-free existence in the wilderness, Social Studies will stick with you.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
The two share a dance of desire and repulsion for nearly three hours as Lee wrestles with drug addiction and heroin withdrawal, and eventually brings Gene along on a wild goose chase through South America to seek out yagé, more commonly known as ayahuasca.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulsion
Noun
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Mangione became an infamous figure online since his arrest, with the internet thirsting over him after he was apprehended, while many shared more contempt for the executive and the healthcare system, rather than much sympathy or disgust over an act of lethal violence.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
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For those who are not related to Nico, most fans have expressed outrage, disgust, but the prevailing feeling is hurt.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2025
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He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many worry Musk’s words have given new momentum to far-right figures bent on using the historic abuse, which was primarily carried out by groups of men of mainly Pakistani heritage, to stir racial hatred.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Sony has picked up most international rights to one of the hottest horror projects in the market, A24‘s Bring Her Back, the next film from Talk To Me filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2025
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Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive first look at the terrifying trailer for The Rule of Jenny Pen, his latest foray into the horror genre.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms may include fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, chest pain, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and unexplained bleeding or bruising.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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It’s also been proven to help combat nausea, Badgett added.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
5 Feb. 2025
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Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Yet Kingsley frequently expressed his distaste for rigid scientific naturalism and its rejection of all intuition and openness to the unknown.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Repulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsion. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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