repugnance
Visceral moral rejection
Repugnance is intense disgust or aversion—a visceral recoil from something offensive to one's senses or principles.
The word implies something fundamentally incompatible with one's nature or values: She felt repugnance at the sight of the slaughterhouse, His repugnance toward dishonesty was absolute.
Repugnance often carries moral weight, suggesting not just distaste but deep-seated opposition.
Intense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
abhorrence · queasiness · sickening · stomach-turning · recoil · squeamishness · gross-out · visceral
Extreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
horror · execration · odium · anathema · abomination · denouncement · censure · disapprobation
Ingrained, intense aversion
- dislikeMild negative regard
- disinclinationLack of desire
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
avoidance · recoil · shrinking · objection · opposition · hesitation · allergy · intolerance
Intense hostile aversion
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- contemptDisdainful disregard
disdain · scorn · malice · spite · rancor · acrimony · bitterness · ill-will
Unable to function together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- conflictOpposition between parties
- irreconcilabilityImpossibility of agreement
contrariety · opposition · variance · discord · incongruity · clash · discrepancy
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
loathing · abhorrence · queasiness · sickening · stomach-turning · recoil · squeamishness · gross-out · visceral · gagging
abhorrence
Extreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- outrageFierce moral indignation
indignation · horror · execration · odium · anathema · abomination · denouncement · censure · disapprobation · unconscionable
antipathy
Ingrained, intense aversion
- dislikeMild negative regard
- disinclinationLack of desire
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
resistance · avoidance · recoil · shrinking · objection · opposition · hesitation · allergy · intolerance · misgivings
hatred
Intense hostile aversion
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
contempt · disdain · scorn · malice · spite · rancor · acrimony · bitterness · ill-will · animus
incompatibility
Unable to function together
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- conflictOpposition between parties
irreconcilability · contrariety · opposition · variance · discord · incongruity · clash · discrepancy
- aversionaversion, disgust, hatred, repulsion, loathing
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- disfavordisapproval, dislike, disdain, contempt, scorn
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
repugnanceembrace
Hold closely in arms
acceptance · welcome · approval · receptivity · favor