repulsion — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.

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2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.

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   • Uncountable

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   All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place.

   Her voice was friendly enough, but Pincher wasn’t so exhausted or bonkers that he couldn’t see the cold repulsion of her eye.

3. The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.

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Noun

1. the force by which bodies repel one another

   Synonyms

   repulsive force

   Antonyms

   attraction

   Broader terms

   force

2. intense aversion

   Synonyms

   repugnancerevulsionhorror

   Broader terms

   disgust

3. the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

   Synonyms

   standoff

   Broader terms

   stand