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repulsion

noun

ri-ˈpəl-shən How to pronounce repulsion (audio)
Definition of repulsionnext
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 Scientists around the world have been working for decades on fusion, which requires overcoming particles’ natural repulsion to combining. — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 These conventions predictably trigger emotions such as fear, anxiety, shock, disgust, surprise, repulsion, and relief. — Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Covering politics today is a grim dance between the vicious and the idiotic, between repulsion and despair. — Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 10 May 2026 Part of the reason is due to its incredible weakness; the gravitational attraction between two electrons is more than forty orders of magnitude smaller than the electrostatic repulsion between two electrons. — Big Think, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for repulsion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulsion
  1. disgust
  2. hatred
  3. horror
  4. nausea
  5. distaste
Noun
  • 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
  • This week’s list of South Florida restaurants failing inspection doesn’t bring volume — four restaurants — but does bring a strong amount of disgust.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of disgust
Noun
  • The Hearst newspaper chain’s first profile of Hitler made no explicit mention of antisemitism, emphasizing instead his hatred of the Bolsheviks.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Bartos argues the gathering codified radical anti-Western hatred, antisemitism, and anti-American sentiment, birth-place to the BDS movement.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • Morganti pointed to Spanish-language horror, a genre that was once treated as niche, as another area where Amazon has seen the market expand.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Neon plans a 2027 theatrical release under the Creative Commons license for the open-source horror film based on a fictional secretive organization that keeps supernatural items and other harmful entities away from the public.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of horror
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  • When Riechmann's mother was pregnant with her in the early 1960s, the doctor gave her a new sedative to help with her nausea.
    — Tana Weingartner, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • After the plane landed, seven Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants were evaluated at the scene after reportedly experiencing symptoms including nausea and headaches.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of nausea
Noun
  • Some have also shared with me a profound distaste for how their friends and family are using AI for therapy and companionship, and a deep concern for their future employment prospects.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But all of that distaste was supposed to go away when the games began, when the undefeated and delicious product that is college football finally got the chance to shove the ancillary stuff back into the shadows.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of distaste

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“Repulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsion. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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