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Meaning of Repugnance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns

Definitions

  1. Extreme aversion, repulsion.
  2. Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.

Equivalents

Examples

“She felt a deep repugnance toward violence.”
“He showed open repugnance at the suggestion.”
“moral repugnance”
“sense of repugnance”
“express repugnance”
“Discourses vain, inconsistant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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