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repullulate |
repullulation |
repulse |
repulseless |
repulser |
repulsion
| repulsive
| repulsive force
| repulsively
| repulsiveness
| repulsory
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repulsion
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun repulsion has 3 senses
- repulsion(n = noun.phenomenon) repulsive force - the force by which bodies repel one another; Array is a kind of force
- repulsion(n = noun.feeling) horror, repugnance, revulsion - intense aversion; Array is a kind of disgust
- repulsion(n = noun.act) standoff - the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand; Array is a kind of stand
Antonym: attraction
Derived forms verb repulse1, verb repulse3
CIDE DICTIONARY
repulsion, n. [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.].
- The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled. [1913 Webster]
- A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance. [1913 Webster]
- The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
repulsion, n.
1 aversion; disgust.
2 esp. Physics the force by which bodies tend to repel each other or increase their mutual distance (opp. ATTRACTION).
1 aversion; disgust.
2 esp. Physics the force by which bodies tend to repel each other or increase their mutual distance (opp. ATTRACTION).
Etymology
LL repulsio (as REPEL)
THESAURUS
repulsion
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, challenge, cold sweat, combative reaction, complaint, counteraction, creeping flesh, defiance, demur, detestation, disgust, dispute, dissent, dissentience, enmity, fractiousness, hate, hatred, horror, hostility, loathing, mortal horror, nausea, negativism, noncooperation, objection, obstinacy, opposition, passive resistance, protest, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repulse, resistance, revolt, shuddering, stand, uncooperativeness, withstandingROGET THESAURUS
repulsion
Repulsion
N repulsion, driving from, repulse, abduction, magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation, antigravity, repelling, repellent, repulsive, abducent, abductive, centripetal, like charges repel, opposite charges attract, like poles repel, opposite poles attract.
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