Thesaurus / repugnance
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A repugnance that can only be described by the word misogyny.
PHILIP ROTH AND THE SYMPATHETIC BIOGRAPHER: THIS IS HOW MISOGYNY GETS CEMENTED IN OUR CULTUREMONICA HESSEAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMoral repugnance arose as a result, which retains little if any connection to the biological origins of disgust.
WHY WE LOVE TO BE GROSSED OUT - FACTS SO ROMANTICMARCO ALTAMIRANOAPRIL 22, 2021NAUTILUSMoral repugnance is perhaps the most complicated iteration of disgust.
WHY WE LOVE TO BE GROSSED OUT - FACTS SO ROMANTICMARCO ALTAMIRANOAPRIL 22, 2021NAUTILUSEven though Ambuehl says he was thinking about repugnance, he plainly understands disgust.
THE DOWNSIDE OF DISGUST (EP. 448)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 21, 2021FREAKONOMICSWith sickening repugnance, I seized the Thing by its two broad shoulders and rolled it over.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSConcealing her repugnance to his advances, she gently but firmly refused him, telling him her duty was to her aged father.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNIt is quite remarkable that Jane, apparently, never turned with repugnance from these humble avocations of domestic life.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTWhen the bill returned to the commons, Mr. Stanley declared that he felt a strong repugnance to this amendment.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANThe cause of my delay was a strong, an unjustifiable repugnance to write on a subject so foreign to our ordinary conversations.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONOne weakness Ida could not overcome; the repugnance to beholding herself in her mourning garments.
ALONEMARION HARLANDWORDS RELATED TO REPUGNANCE
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- antagonism
- antipathy
- aversion
- black beast
- bother
- bugbear
- bête noire
- detestation
- disgust
- enmity
- execration
- frost
- grievance
- gripe
- hatred
- horror
- hostility
- ill will
- irritant
- loathing
- malevolence
- malignity
- mislike
- nasty look
- no love lost
- nuisance
- objection
- odium
- pain
- rancor
- rankling
- repellence
- repellency
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resentment
- revenge
- revulsion
- scorn
- spite
- trouble
- venom
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