Definition for Repulsion:

• The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.

Synonyms for Repulsion:

• n.

  •antipathy (noun)
  • dyspathies,
  • eschewals,
  • in compatibilities,
  • in compatibility,
  • in-compatibility,
  • in-compatibilities.
  •aversion (noun)
  • dis liking,
  • dis favor,
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis-likings,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • un willingnesses,
  • dislikings,
  • dis gust,
  • dis-favor,
  • in disposition,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis-inclinations,
  • dis gusts,
  • dis-gusts,
  • in-disposition,
  • having no use fors,
  • dis-liking,
  • in dispositions,
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis-inclination,
  • dis inclination,
  • un-willingnesses,
  • dis inclinations,
  • un willingness,
  • dis pleasure,
  • dis favors,
  • dis likings,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • in-dispositions,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • un-willingness,
  • dis-pleasures.
  •distaste (noun)
  • dis relish,
  • dis-relish,
  • dis-taste,
  • dis-relishes,
  • re-volt,
  • re volts,
  • dis relishes,
  • dis-tastes,
  • re volt,
  • dis taste,
  • re-volts,
  • dis tastes.
  •fear (noun)
  • phobia.
  •hate (noun)
  • acrimony,
  • wrath,
  • antagonism,
  • abhorrence,
  • bitterness,
  • rancor,
  • detestation,
  • loathing,
  • repugnance,
  • abomination,
  • animosity,
  • enmity,
  • disaffection,
  • malice.
  •hatred (noun)
  • dis approval,
  • dis approvals,
  • dis-approval,
  • allergy tos,
  • no use fors,
  • invidiousnesses,
  • malignances,
  • dis-approvals.
  •hatred, disgust (noun)
  • horror,
  • rebuff,
  • refusal,
  • denial,
  • Disrelish,
  • revolt,
  • snub,
  • resentment.
  •phenomenon (noun)
  • repulsive force,
  • repulsion.
  •phobia (noun)
  • thing abouts.
  •refusal (noun)
  • declination,
  • renouncement,
  • disdain,
  • dismissal,
  • repudiation,
  • disinclination,
  • rejection.
  •repulsion (noun)
  • standoff.
  •resistance (noun)
  • Repellency.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disrespect,
  • self-loathing,
  • contempt,
  • ill will,
  • stench,
  • animus,
  • Repellence,
  • malignancy,
  • Repugnancy,
  • odium,
  • misanthropy.
  •
  • dislike.

Paraphrases for Repulsion:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    revulsion, repugnance.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disgust.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    exclusion, rejection.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    push, condemnation.

Antonyms for Repulsion:

• n.

  • hatred, disgust
    affection, delight, like, esteem, pleasure, loving, approval, liking, love, attraction, sympathy, beauty.
  • Other antonyms:
    bent, favor, fondness, attractive force, affinity, predilection, harmony, partiality, kindliness, preference, regard, shine, relish, use, propensity, fancy, agreement, penchant, taste, congeniality, appetite.

Repulsion Sentence Examples:

• A cold feeling of horror and repulsion stole over Paul as he listened.

• Bobby hesitated, fighting back his feeling of repulsion, his first instinct to refuse.

Homophones for Repulsion:

• reflexion, revulsion, republican, rabelaisian, revivalism.

Hyponym for Repulsion:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    force.