| Concept: | [Motion from, actively; force driving apart] Repulsion. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to Direction |
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repel, push from, drive from [more]; chase, dispel; retrude; abduce, abduct; send away; repulse., keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.
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| Antonyms: | attraction (Motion towards)] |
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| Concept: | Hate. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate; scowl; disrelish (dislike)., owe a grudge; bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice (malevolence) [more]; conceive an aversion to., excite hatred, provoke hatred; be hateful; stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify; roil.
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| Antonyms: | love |
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| Concept: | Opposition. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand (resist); control (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face., be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork, countermine; thwart, overthwart., stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head against; grapple with; kick against the pricks (resist); contend; do battle with (warfare), do battle against., contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; come in conflict with., emulate (compete); rival, spoil one's trade.
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| Antonyms: | cooperation |
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| Concept: | Refusal. |
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refuse, reject, deny, decline; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass [at cards]., be deaf to; turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch (obstinancy)., resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard (repudiate); rescind (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.
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| Antonyms: | offer |
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