repulsion

Force pushing apart

Repulsion is a strong feeling of disgust or aversion—the opposite of attraction.

Something repulsive makes you want to pull away: She felt a wave of repulsion at the sight.

In physics, repulsion is the force that pushes objects apart, as when like magnetic poles or like electrical charges resist each other.

disgust

nausea

Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort

repugnance · distaste · nauseating · sickening · revolting · stomach-turning · vomit · putrid · foul · gross

antipathy

aversion

Intense dislike or repugnance

enmity · detestation · contempt · disdain · loathing · dislike · resentment · animus · ill-will · antagonism

force

push

Force something away

recoil · shove · drive · bounce · kickback · electrostatic · coulomb · magnetic · gravitational · opposing

rejection

rebuff

Abrupt, curt rejection

dismissal · ostracism · exclusion · turndown · refusal · spurning · brush-off · shunning · avoidance · recoil

diamagnetism

levitation

Unsupported aerial suspension

non-magnetic

Categories
Opposites
emotional response

repulsionattraction

Pull toward something

desire · allure · fascination · love · appeal

physical force

repulsionattraction

Pull toward something

gravitational pull · magnetic attraction · adhesion · cohesion · pull

Phrases
Family

repulsive, repulsiveness, repulsing, repulsions, repulsively

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