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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesrépugnance
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁepyɡnɑ̃s
"Il ressentait une profonde répugnance face à cette injustice."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality of arousing intense distaste, aversion, or disgust.
"She was struck by the utter repulsiveness of the decaying food left on the counter." - 2
The characteristic of tending to drive away or keep at a distance.
"The magnetic repulsiveness between the two identical poles prevented them from connecting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'repulsive', originating from the Latin 'repulsus', the past participle of 'repellere' (to drive back, repulse). The suffix '-ness' is of Old English origin, added to adjectives to form abstract nouns denoting a state or quality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Repulsiveness" is said worldwide
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répugnance
Transliteration: ʁepyɡnɑ̃s
"Il ressentait une profonde répugnance face à cette injustice."
Abstoßendheit
Transliteration: ˈapʃtøːsn̩haɪ̯t
"Die Abstoßendheit seines Verhaltens stieß alle Gäste ab."
repulsività
Transliteration: repulsività
"La repulsività dell'atto ha scioccato l'opinione pubblica."
repulsión
Transliteration: repulˈsjon
"Sintió una gran repulsión al ver la escena."
repulsividade
Transliteration: ʁepuwsiviˈdade
"A repulsividade do crime chocou a comunidade."
घृणास्पदता
Transliteration: ghrinaspatata
"उसकी बातों में एक अजीब सी घृणास्पदता थी।"
排斥性
Transliteration: páichì xìng
"这种行为表现出强烈的排斥性。"
혐오스러움
Transliteration: hyeom-oseureowum
"그 범죄의 혐오스러움은 말로 다할 수 없다."
嫌悪感
Transliteration: ken'okan
"彼の態度には強い嫌悪感を覚える。"
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