repugnance
Example Sentences
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Regarding Ashley Madison the repugnance refers to the fallout from the hack, not the site's merchandising of adultery.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023
You regard that history with repugnance, and no doubt your friends would say they share that sentiment.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2021
But the switch stuck in his mind as a way to physically portray the repugnance of fascism through a rodent-eating alien race.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021
She’s not insensitive: Art also illuminates the ambiguity of the way that beauty and horror, sympathy and repugnance, can exist side by side.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019
Enough, that I saw my own feelings reflected in Herbert’s face, and not least among them, my repugnance towards the man who had done so much for me.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing repugnance
Emotions on Display
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