repugnance

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

re·pug·nance BrE [rɪˈpʌɡnəns] NAmE [rɪˈpʌɡnəns] noun uncountable (formal)
a strong feeling of dislike or disgust about sth
Syn: ↑repulsion
•She was trying to overcome her physical repugnance for him.

Word Origin:
[repugnance] late Middle English (in the sense ‘opposition’): from Old French repugnance or Latin repugnantia, from repugnare ‘oppose’, from re- (expressing opposition) + pugnare ‘to fight’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repulsion, revulsion, horror