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repugnance

[ri-puhg-nuhns] / rɪˈpʌg nəns /


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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

Her Coachella set stared down repugnance and pushed against it, radiating so brightly it consumed the darkness, if only for a night.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

You regard that history with repugnance, and no doubt your friends would say they share that sentiment.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2021

Drive drooor from the fresh repugnance, thou whole,

From Washington Post May 7, 2020

And in the same passage he marked, The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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