repugnance
noun /rɪˈpʌɡnəns/
/rɪˈpʌɡnəns/
[uncountable] (formal)- a very strong feeling of dislike for something synonym repulsion
- She was trying to overcome her physical repugnance for him.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘opposition’): from Old French repugnance or Latin repugnantia, from repugnare ‘oppose’, from re- (expressing opposition) + pugnare ‘to fight’.