repugnance
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Senate, has managed, however unintentionally, to make moral repugnance his chief point of salability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The rest of the world, which recoils in repugnance at whom we have become, does not take us seriously.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2022
Beyond its obvious repugnance in moral terms, Abe’s murder challenges us to consider what implications his sudden loss might have for the political future, in Japan and globally.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2022
“Disgust necessarily involves particular thoughts, characteristically very intrusive and unriddable thoughts about the repugnance of that which is its object.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
All their repugnance was contained in the neat balance of the triangles—a balance that soothed him, transferred some of its equilibrium to him.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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