Synonyms of repugnance

repugnance

noun

ri-ˈpəg-nən(t)s 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disgust
• hatred
• distaste
• horror
• nausea
• revulsion
• repulsion
• loathing
• disapproval
• aversion
• abhorrence
• hate
• displeasure
• antipathy
• dislike
• abomination
• allergy
• disinclination
• disliking
• execration
• averseness
• disfavor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• love
• use
• taste
• preference
• appetite
• fondness
• propensity
• liking
• favor
• bent
• fancy
• predilection
• partiality
• relish
• penchant
• like
• shine

Example Sentences

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