Repulsion Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Repulsion

distaste
Dislike or aversion (for)
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rebuff
An abrupt, blunt refusal of offered advice, help, etc.
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denial
(--- Psychology) An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.
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snub
A snubbing, or checking
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repugnance
Inconsistency or contradiction
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disgust
Disgust means a feeling of disapproval or revulsion.
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abhorrence
One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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abomination
Abhorrence; disgust.
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antipathy
Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
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detestation
A detested person or thing
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hate
A person or thing hated
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horror
(Informal) Something very bad, ugly, disagreeable, etc.
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loathing
The definition of loathing is a feeling of intense dislike or hatred.
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repellence
Alternative form of repellency.
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repellency
The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.
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repugnancy
Repugnance.
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revulsion
(Medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
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standoff
A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
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repulsive force
the force by which bodies repel one another
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Antonyms for Repulsion

attraction
Anything that attracts or is meant to attract
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love
A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.
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Words Related to Repulsion

hatred
Strong dislike or ill will; hate
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aversion
The definition of an aversion is a dislike or distaste for something or someone, or a desire to avoid something or someone.
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refusal
Rejection of goods or denial of services to which a person is entitled; not completing a contract by either non-acceptance or nonpayment for goods or services; a chance to accept or reject something before any one else is offered that chance; the privilege of being afforded such a chance, also known as the right of first refusal.
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objection
A feeling or expression of opposition, disapproval, or dislike
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Repulsion Sentence Examples

  • Boscovich himself, in order to obviate the possibility of two atoms ever being in the same place, asserts that the ultimate force is a repulsion which increases without limit as the distance diminishes without limit, so that two atoms can never coincide.

  • Pierre was seized by a sense of horror and repulsion such as he had experienced when touching some nasty little animal.

  • Similar magnetic poles are not merely indifferent to each other, but exhibit actual repulsion.

  • Coulomb experimentally proved that the law of attraction and repulsion of simple electrified bodies was that the force between them varied inversely as the square of the distance and thus gave mathematical definiteness to the two-fluid hypothesis.

  • As it is we shall find a continuous molecule manifesting attractive and repulsive forces; attraction corresponding to the tendency of the self-preservations to become perfect, repulsion to the frustration of this.

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