repugnance

[ ri-puhg-nuhns or ri-puhg-nuhn-see ]

/ rɪˈpʌg nəns or rɪˈpʌg nən si /

the state of being repugnant.

strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy.

contradictoriness or inconsistency.

Origin of repugnance

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin repugnantia, equivalent to repugn(āre) to repugn + -antia -ance

2 hatred, hostility.

2 attraction, liking.

3 compatibility.

2. See dislike.

It is true the nakedness to which we were reduced, a good deal caused the repugnance we felt at seeing company.

Perils and Captivity |Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
She was reproaching herself, as she said this, for that feeling of repugnance which she could not overcome.

Aurora Floyd, Vol. I (of 3) |M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Evidently this species had no repugnance to unpalatable forms.

Mimicry in Butterflies |Reginald Crundall Punnett
The Grand Commander asked me if I had any repugnance to participate in the fifth libation.

The Mysteries of Free Masonry |William Morgan

The idea that his tact was a kind of professional expertness filled her with repugnance, and insensibly she drew away from him.

The Reef |Edith Wharton