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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And yet, there's an undercurrent of rage, despair, and disgust running through the country over the hostage-ceasefire deal announced on Wednesday.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Even 53 weeks later, Sean Payton’s disgust with his first season as the Broncos head coach is palpable.—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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Hannah condemned hatred of Muslims in the strongest terms possible, and Pandith did the same against antisemitism.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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However, with new strains breaking out and lockdowns needing to be reinstated, Ardern quickly became a target of fringe groups like anti-vaxxers and far-right conspiracy theorists importing Trump’s hatred to the other side of the world.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Out of these mixings will come magnificent horrors and amazements.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Having begun her acting career in 1964, Lee starred in notable stage productions of Death of a Salesman and Macbeth, K-drama The Uncanny Counter, and the 2016 horror movie Train to Busan.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Children are more likely to experience nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, while adults are more likely to experience heartburn and chest pain.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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After experiencing nausea, dizziness intense headaches, the 20-year-old confided in her twin sister Sophia Strahan.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
22 Jan. 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 9 Feb. 2025.
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