English-Thai Dictionary

repugnance

N ความรังเกียจ มาก  ความเกลียดชัง  ความ ขยะแขยง  abhorrence disgust hatred kwam-na-rang-kiad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPUGNANCE, REPUGNANCY

n.[L. repugnantia, from repugno, to resist; re and pugno, to fight. ] 1. Opposition of mind; reluctance; unwillingness.
2. Opposition or struggle of passions; resistance.
3. Opposition of principles or qualities; inconsistency; contrariety.
But where difference is without repugnancy, that which hath been can be no prejudice to that which is.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPUGNANCE; REPUGNANCY

Re *pug "nance, Re *pug "nan *cy, n. Etym: [F. répugnance, L.repugnantia.]

 

Defn: The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

repugnance

re pug nance |riˈpəgnəns rəˈpəɡnəns | ▶noun 1 intense disgust: our growing repugnance at the bleeding carcasses. 2 (also repugnancy ) inconsistency or incompatibility of ideas or statements. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘opposition ’): from Old French repugnance or Latin repugnantia, from repugnare ‘oppose, ’ from re- (expressing opposition ) + pugnare ‘to fight. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

repugnance

repugnance |rɪˈpʌgnəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] intense disgust: our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘opposition ’): from Old French repugnance or Latin repugnantia, from repugnare ‘oppose ’, from re- (expressing opposition ) + pugnare ‘to fight ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

repugnance

repugnance noun a look of repugnance: revulsion, disgust, abhorrence, repulsion, loathing, hatred, detestation, aversion, distaste, antipathy, contempt.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

repugnance

repugnance noun a look of repugnance crossed Michael's features: revulsion, disgust, abhorrence, repulsion, nausea, loathing, horror, hatred, detestation, aversion, abomination, distaste, antipathy, dislike, contempt, odium; archaic disrelish; rare repellency, repellence. ANTONYMS delight, liking.

 

French Dictionary

répugnance

répugnance n. f. nom féminin 1 Dégoût, répulsion. : La tarentule inspire de la répugnance. Des actes dégradants qui causent de la répugnance. SYNONYME aversion ; horreur . 2 Réticence vive, réserve. : Avoir de la répugnance à condamner des collègues malgré les erreurs commises.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

repugnance

re pug nance /rɪpʌ́ɡnəns /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠〖時にa ～〗1 «…に対する » 憎悪, 反感 «to , against » .2 «…間の /…との » (思考 陳述の )矛盾, 不一致 «between /to » .