repulsion

Main Entry:
repulsion [ri-puhl-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hatred, disgust
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, denial, detestation, disrelish, distaste, hate, horror, loathing, malice, rebuff, refusal, repugnance, repugnancy, resentment, revolt, revulsion, snub
Antonyms: attraction, liking, love
Main Entry: antipathy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong dislike, disgust
Synonyms: abhorrence, allergy, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, avoidance, bad blood, contrariety, distaste, dyspathy, enmity, escape, eschewal, evasion, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, incompatibility, loathing, opposition, rancor, repellency, repugnance, repulsion
Antonyms: admiration, appreciation, approval, esteem, honor, like, liking, love, rapport, regard, respect, sympathy
Main Entry: aversion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dislike; opposition
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, disliking, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, dread, hate, hatred, having no use for, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, unwillingness
Notes: aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude
Antonyms: affection, attachment, care, fondness, kindness, like, liking, love, sympathy
Main Entry: distaste
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dislike, hate
Synonyms: abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, disrelish, dissatisfaction, hatred, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, revulsion
Antonyms: desire, like, love, loving
Main Entry: hate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme dislike
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, black beast, bother, bugbear, bête noire, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom
Notes: hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously'
Antonyms: liking, love, loving
Main Entry: hatred
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: severe dislike
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienation, allergy to, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, coldness, contempt, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, displeasure, distaste, enmity, envy, execration, grudge, hard feelings, hate, horror, hostility, ignominy, ill will, invidiousness, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignance, militancy, no use for, odium, pique, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, spleen, venom
Antonyms: like, liking, love, loving
Main Entry: opposition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction, antagonism
Synonyms: action, antinomy, antithesis, aversion, brush, civil disobedience, clash, combat, competition, con, conflict, confronting, contention, contest, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterattack, defense, defiance, disapproval, duel, encounter, engagement, fray, grapple, hostility, negativism, obstructiveness, opposure, oppugnancy, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, unfriendliness, violation, war, warfare
Antonyms: compatibility, harmony, peace
Main Entry: phobia
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fear
Synonyms: anxiety, aversion, avoidance, awe, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, dread, fear, hang-up, hatred, horror, irrationality, loathing, neurosis, obsession, repulsion, resentment, revulsion, terror, thing about, thing*
Antonyms: liking, love
Main Entry: refusal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: denial of responsibility; unwillingness
Synonyms: abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder, declension, declination, defiance, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, discountenancing, disfavor, dissent, enjoinment, exclusion, forbidding, interdiction, knockback, negation, nix, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, option, pass*, prohibition, proscription, rebuff, refutation, regrets, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, turndown, veto, withholding, writ
Antonyms: approval, grant, offer, ok, sanction
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