repulsion — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. the force by which bodies repel one another

   Sinonimi

   repulsive force

   Contrari

   attraction

   Termini più generali

   force

2. intense aversion

   Sinonimi

   repugnancerevulsionhorror

   Termini più generali

   disgust

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

   Sinonimi

   standoff

   Termini più generali

   stand