repulsion.

1. A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to avoid or move away from something.

2. A force or effect that pushes objects or particles away from one another.

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Words that belong together

• physical repulsion
• feel repulsion

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She felt repulsion at the cheerful account of the cruelty.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.