repugnance
Extreme aversion, repulsionExtreme aversion, repulsion.
» I cannot overcome my repugnance to eating snails.
Не могу победить в себе отвращение, чтобы есть улиток. — joulin
Я не можу подолати відразу до поїдання равликів. — deniko
trieuho · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Extreme aversion, repulsion.
moral repugnance
sense of repugnance
intense aversion
(countable, uncountable)Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
Examples
1 sentencesTranslations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (FrenFrom Middle English repugnance, repugnaunce, from Old French repugnance, repugnaunce (French répugnance) and its etymon Latin repugnantia. Doublet of repugnancy.
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Forms
plural: repugnances| Singular | repugnance |
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regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- intense aversion:repulsionrevulsionhorror
- the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time:incompatibilitymutual exclusivenessinconsistency
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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