Antonyms for repulsion
rɪˈpʌl ʃənre·pul·sion

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1. repulsionnoun

   Antonyms:
   attraction

2. repulsionnoun

   Antonyms:
   attraction

3. repulsionnoun

   Antonyms:
   attraction

4. repulsionnoun

   Antonyms:
   attraction

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repulsion

   Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause. Uncongeniality is negative, a want of touch or sympathy. An antipathy to a person or thing is an instinctive recoil from connection or association with that person or thing, and may be physical or mental, or both. Antagonism may result from the necessity of circumstances; opposition may spring from conflicting views or interests; abhorrence and detestation may be the result of religious and moral training; distaste and disgust may be acquired; aversion is a deep and permanent dislike. A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility. Compare ACRIMONY; ANGER; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Antonyms:
   affinity, agreement, attraction, congeniality, fellow-feeling, harmony, kindliness, regard, sympathy

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, hostility, opposition, repugnance, uncongeniality

   Preposition:
   Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.

Matched Categories

1. • Disgust

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repulsion, repulsive forcenoun

   the force by which bodies repel one another

   Antonyms:
   attractive force, attraction

   Synonyms:
   repugnance, horror, repulsive force, standoff, revulsion

2. repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horrornoun

   intense aversion

   Antonyms:
   attraction, attractive force

   Synonyms:
   repulsive force, inconsistency, horror, repugnance, revulsion, incompatibility, standoff, mutual exclusiveness

3. repulsion, standoffnoun

   the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

   Antonyms:
   attractive force, attraction

   Synonyms:
   repulsive force, horror, repugnance, tie, standoff, draw, revulsion

How to use repulsion in a sentence?

1. Bhagavad Gita:

   The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.

2. Salvador Dali:

   Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

3. Louis-Ferdinand Céline:

   This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who don't sell anything to anybody.

4. Laura Noel:

   I thought it was interesting to explore why people continue to smoke in the face of public repulsion.

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