repugnance

  • 11RÉPUGNANCE — n. f. Opposition naturelle, éloignement, répulsion pour quelqu’un, pour quelque chose. J’ai une grande répugnance à prendre ce parti. J’ai grande répugnance à cela. Pour moi je n’y ai point de répugnance. Il y a consenti avec répugnance, sans… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 12répugnance — nf. => Dégoût. A1) v. , avoir de la répugnance pour qq. ou qc. => Mépriser. A2) vaincre // surmonter répugnance une répugnance : kotâ dé pî <coter des pieds> (Saxel), passâ pè dsu son dégo <passer par dessus son dégoût>… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 13repugnance — n. 1) to feel repugnance 2) (a) deep, profound repugnance * * * [rɪ pʌgnəns] profound repugnance (a) deep to feel repugnance …

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  • 14repugnance — [rɪ pʌgnəns] noun intense disgust. Origin ME (in the sense opposition ): from OFr. repugnance or L. repugnantia, from repugnare oppose …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 15repugnance — noun (U) formal a strong feeling of dislike for something very unpleasant or morally wrong: They shrank back from what they saw, with looks of repugnance etched on their faces …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16repugnance — noun a look of repugnance Syn: revulsion, disgust, abhorrence, repulsion, loathing, hatred, detestation, aversion, distaste, antipathy, contempt …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 17repugnance — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent b. an instance of such contradiction or inconsistency 2. strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism …

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  • 18repugnance — /ri pug neuhns/, n. 1. the state of being repugnant. 2. strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy. 3. contradictoriness or inconsistency. Also, repugnancy. [1350 1400; ME < MF < L repugnantia, equiv. to repugn(are) to REPUGN + antia&#8230; …

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  • 19repugnance — noun a) extreme aversion, repulsion Discourses vain, inconsistant, and full of repugnances and contradictions. b) contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such …

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  • 20repugnance — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abominability, abomination, allergy, antagonism, anti Semitism, antipathy, antithesis, argumentation, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, bad blood, baseness, beastliness …

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