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repugnance

/ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/

repugnance noun: extreme aversion, repulsion.

Noun

repugnance (countable and uncountable, plural repugnances)

  1. Extreme aversion, repulsion.
    • moral repugnance
    • sense of repugnance
  2. Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
    • [T]o make a falſe poſition paſſe for true, and to perſwade the belief thereof, there cannot be any thing produced but fallacies, Sophiſms, Paralogiſmes, Equivocations, and Diſcourſes vain, inconſiſtant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.1661, Galilæus Galilæus Lyncæus [i.e., Galileo Galilei], “The Systeme of the World: In Four Dialogues. […]. The Second Dialogue.”, in Thomas Salusbury, transl., Mathematical Collections and...

repugnance meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit

repugnance in Urdu

کراہت, نفرت

repugnance in Malayalam

Translations
വെറുപ്പ് veṟuppŭ

repugnance in Kannada

ವಿರೋಧ, ಜುಗುಪ್ಸೆ, ದ್ವೇಷ, ಹೇವರಿಕೆ, ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅಸಾಂಗತ್ಯ

repugnance in Sanskrit

repugnance
द्वेष dvéṣa

Examples of repugnance in a sentence

  • She felt a deep repugnance toward violence.
  • He showed open repugnance at the suggestion.

Forms of repugnance

pluralrepugnances
alternative form (obsolete)repugnaunce

Origin of repugnance

From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.

Questions about repugnance

What does repugnance mean?
Repugnance means extreme aversion, repulsion.
What is repugnance in Urdu?
Repugnance in Urdu is کراہت, نفرت. See Repugnance meaning in Urdu.
How do you use repugnance in a sentence?
She felt a deep repugnance toward violence.
What part of speech is repugnance?
Repugnance is a noun.
How do you pronounce repugnance?
Repugnance is pronounced /ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/.
What is the plural of repugnance?
The plural of repugnance is repugnances.

Words near repugnance in the dictionary

  1. repuffing
  2. repuffs
  3. repug
  4. repugn
  5. repugnable
  6. repugnance
  7. repugnances
  8. repugnancies
  9. repugnancy
  10. repugnant
  11. Repugnantcan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: repugnance (page history and authors); repugnance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repugnance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); द्वेष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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