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

They dyed the slime green, of course, just to up the ante on kids’ pleasure and parents’ repugnance.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

“Disgust necessarily involves particular thoughts, characteristically very intrusive and unriddable thoughts about the repugnance of that which is its object.”

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

It highlights his father’s repugnance for “prejudices toward women, race and creed,” Cash says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2019

How we giggled, with repugnance and delight, when we found the wax her older sisters used on their legs, congealed in a little pot, stuck full of bristles.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood