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Repugnance

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revulsionnounAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
repulsionnounAn extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
horrornoun(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

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revulsionnounAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
horrornoun(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
repulsionnounAn extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
repulsiveTending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
aversionnounOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
abhorrencenoun(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
loathingnounSense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
hatenounHatred.
disgustnounAn intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
dislikenounAn attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
reluctancenounUnwillingness to do something.
outragenoun(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
unwillingnessnounThe property of being unwilling.
reticencenoun(uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
pushnounAn attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
hatrednounA strong aversion; an intense dislike.
antipathynoun(uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
abhorringverbDetestation.
detestationnounHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.

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