Repulsion

//ɹɪˈpʌlʃən//

Synonyms for "repulsion" (65 found)

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Noun(1 words)
horror

Related words (32)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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is a

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related to

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Translations

46 translations across 16 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • efsh noun (an extreme dislike of something)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • антипатия noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • отблъскване noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • отблъскване noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)

Danish

1 entries
  • afvikling noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tõukejõud noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)

German

4 entries
  • Abscheu noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • Abstoßung noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • Abstoßung noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • Abstoßung noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)

Greek

1 entries
  • απώθηση noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • eltaszítás noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • irtózás noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • iszony noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • iszonyodás noun (an extreme dislike of something)

Irish

1 entries
  • éaradh noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)

Māori

4 entries
  • kopekope noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • ongaonga noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • taiaritanga noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • taieritanga noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • repulsion noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)

Romanian

4 entries
  • dezgust noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • recul noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)
  • repulsie noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • repulsie noun (an extreme dislike of something)

Russian

4 entries
  • антипа́тия noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • отвраще́ние noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • отраже́ние noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • отталкивание noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)

Spanish

3 entries
  • repulsión noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • repulsión noun (an extreme dislike of something)
  • repulsión noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • sikway noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)
  • sikway noun (physics: the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వికర్షణ noun (the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ykāṃṣe noun (an extreme dislike of something)

Sample sentences

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All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place.

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