repugnance
noun
[ rɪˈpʌɡnəns ]
• intense disgust.
• "our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses"
Similar:
revulsion,
disgust,
abhorrence,
repulsion,
nausea,
loathing,
horror,
hatred,
detestation,
aversion,
abomination,
distaste,
antipathy,
dislike,
contempt,
odium,
yuck factor,
disrelish,
repellency,
repellence,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘opposition’): from Old French repugnance or Latin repugnantia, from repugnare ‘oppose’, from re- (expressing opposition) + pugnare ‘to fight’.
