repugnance

noun
🔊/rɪˈpʌɡnəns/
🔊/rɪˈpʌɡnəns/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. a very strong feeling of dislike for something 嫌恶;恶心;强烈的反感synonym repulsion
    • She was trying to overcome her physical repugnance for him.她努力克制对他非常强烈的反感。🔊🔊
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2, Feelingsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘opposition’): from Old French repugnance or Latin repugnantia, from repugnare ‘oppose’, from re- (expressing opposition) + pugnare ‘to fight’.