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
There’s something delicious about his cocktail of self-pity and self-loathing, which can arouse both the viewer’s repulsion and compassion.
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Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
Yet the feeling Carol is left with, beyond humiliation and repulsion, is a profound loneliness.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Regulation is created by the repulsion between the magnetic tracks on the escape wheels interacting with the magnets inside the pallets.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2025
The director also believes the fact that the film has been billed as a horror has had a big impact, as countless comments on social media have expressed repulsion at that choice.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
Yet the feeling Carol is left with, beyond humiliation and repulsion, is a profound loneliness.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Regulation is created by the repulsion between the magnetic tracks on the escape wheels interacting with the magnets inside the pallets.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2025
The director also believes the fact that the film has been billed as a horror has had a big impact, as countless comments on social media have expressed repulsion at that choice.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulsion
Noun
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Repulsion, disgust, and ambivalence can all find rootedness in horror.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Some also voiced their disgust during the protests in September.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Who knows the horrors of the seas like HERMAN MELVILLE?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The psychological horror film, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz, was distributed by Hulu in the United States and Netflix internationally.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Zepbound, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, advertises common side effects on its website that include hair loss, nausea and vomiting, fatigue and more.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Symptoms of kidney stones include severe pain on one side of the body, fever, chills, nausea and obstruction of the kidney.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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That disinterest and distaste was easy to see during the visit.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 1988’s Moonwalk, co-edited by his friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jackson acknowledged his distaste for revealing every detail about his life.—
Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Repulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsion. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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